{ "id": "1210.0017", "version": "v2", "published": "2012-09-28T20:02:41.000Z", "updated": "2015-01-16T10:52:42.000Z", "title": "A stochastic Burgers equation from a class of microscopic interactions", "authors": [ "Patrícia Gonçalves", "Milton Jara", "Sunder Sethuraman" ], "comment": "Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/13-AOP878 the Annals of Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)", "journal": "Annals of Probability 2015, Vol. 43, No. 1, 286-338", "doi": "10.1214/13-AOP878", "categories": [ "math.PR", "math-ph", "math.MP" ], "abstract": "We consider a class of nearest-neighbor weakly asymmetric mass conservative particle systems evolving on $\\mathbb{Z}$, which includes zero-range and types of exclusion processes, starting from a perturbation of a stationary state. When the weak asymmetry is of order $O(n^{-\\gamma})$ for $1/2<\\gamma\\leq1$, we show that the scaling limit of the fluctuation field, as seen across process characteristics, is a generalized Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. However, at the critical weak asymmetry when $\\gamma=1/2$, we show that all limit points satisfy a martingale formulation which may be interpreted in terms of a stochastic Burgers equation derived from taking the gradient of the KPZ equation. The proofs make use of a sharp \"Boltzmann-Gibbs\" estimate which improves on earlier bounds.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2012-09-28T20:02:41.000Z", "abstract": "We consider a class of nearest-neighbor weakly asymmetric mass conservative particle systems evolving on $\\mathbb{Z}$, which includes zero-range and types of exclusion processes, starting from a perturbation of a stationary state. When the weak asymmetry is of order $O(n^{-\\gamma})$ for $1/2<\\gamma\\leq 1$, we show that the scaling limit of the fluctuation field, as seen across process characteristics, is a generalized Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. However, at the critical weak asymmetry when $\\gamma = 1/2$, we show that all limit points solve a martingale problem which may be interpreted in terms of a stochastic Burgers equation derived from taking the gradient of the KPZ equation. The proofs make use of a sharp `Boltzmann-Gibbs' estimate which improves on earlier bounds.", "comment": "44 pages", "journal": null, "doi": null, "authors": [ "Patricia Goncalves", "Milton Jara", "Sunder Sethuraman" ] }, { "version": "v2", "updated": "2015-01-16T10:52:42.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "60K35", "35R60" ], "keywords": [ "stochastic burgers equation", "microscopic interactions", "conservative particle systems evolving", "weakly asymmetric mass conservative", "weak asymmetry" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 44, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2012arXiv1210.0017G" } } }