Fisica statistica

Dynamical phase transitions and their first-order features in the Large Deviations of non-interacting Run-and-Tumble particles in one dimension

by Giacomo Gradenigo (Univ. Grenoble Alpes)

Europe/Rome
Aula VIII (Dipartimento di Fisica - Ed E. Fermi)

Aula VIII

Dipartimento di Fisica - Ed E. Fermi

Description
I present here the study of the probability distribution for the trajectories of non interacting Run-and-Tumble particles in one dimension, either free or accelerated by a constant field. The behaviour of the tails of this distribution,which are stretched exponentials,is an example of constraint-driven condensation, a phenomenon where the probability of the whole trajectory is governed by the probability of the single event.In particular, here I present the analytical and numerical evidence that the crossover from the "normal" to the "condensed" phase is related to a jump in the derivative of the rate function, which is the analog of free-energy for dynamical phase transitions, and hence the "first-order" nature of the transition.