MOTION OF A DRIVEN TRACER PARTICLE IN A ONE-DIMENSIONAL SYMMETRICAL LATTICE-GAS

Consider the dynamics of a tracer particle subject to a constant drivi ng force E in a one-dimensional lattice gas of hard-core particles who se transition rates are symmetric. We show that the mean displacement of the driven tracer X(T)(E,t) grows in time t as X(T)(E,t)=root alpha t, rather than the linear time dependence found for noninteracting (g host) bath,particles. The prefactor a is determined implicitly, as the solution of a transcendental equation, for an arbitrary magnitude of the driving force and an arbitrary concentration of the lattice-gas pa rticles. In limiting cases the prefactor is obtained explicitly. Analy tical predictions are seen to be in good agreement with the results of numerical simulations.