{
  "id": "cond-mat/0603375",
  "version": "v4",
  "published": "2006-03-14T13:15:04.000Z",
  "updated": "2007-04-11T11:23:23.000Z",
  "title": "Equilibrium distributions in thermodynamical traffic gas",
  "authors": [
    "Milan Krbalek"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages, 6 figures, changed content, added references",
  "journal": "J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40 (2007), 5813-5821",
  "doi": "10.1088/1751-8113/40/22/004",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "cond-mat.other"
  ],
  "abstract": "We derive the exact formula for thermal-equilibrium spacing distribution of one-dimensional particle gas with repulsive potential V(r)=r^(-a) (a>0) depending on the distance r between the neighboring particles. The calculated distribution (for a=1) is successfully compared with the highway-traffic clearance distributions, which provides a detailed view of changes in microscopical structure of traffic sample depending on traffic density. In addition to that, the observed correspondence is a strong support of studies applying the equilibrium statistical physics to traffic modelling.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v4",
      "updated": "2007-04-11T11:23:23.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "thermodynamical traffic gas",
      "equilibrium distributions",
      "one-dimensional particle gas",
      "highway-traffic clearance distributions",
      "exact formula"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}