Busemann functions and the speed of a second class particle in the rarefaction fan

Citation
Cator, Eric et R. Pimentel, Leandro P., Busemann functions and the speed of a second class particle in the rarefaction fan, Annals of probability , 41(4), 2013, pp. 2401-2425
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ISSN journal
00911798
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
2013
Pages
2401 - 2425
Database
ACNP
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Abstract
In this paper we will show how the results found in [Probab. Theory Related Fields 154 (2012) 89.125], about the Busemann functions in last-passage percolation, can be used to calculate the asymptotic distribution of the speed of a single second class particle starting from an arbitrary deterministic configuration which has a rarefaction fan, in either the totally asymetric exclusion process or the Hammersley interacting particle process. The method will be to use the well-known last-passage percolation description of the exclusion process and of the Hammersley process, and then the well-known connection between second class particles and competition interfaces.