The Time for a Critical Nearest Particle System to reach Equilibrium starting with a large Gap

Thomas Mountford (Departement de Mathematiques, Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Switzerland)
Li-Chau Wu (Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan)

Abstract


We consider the time for a critical nearest particle system, starting in equilibrium subject to possessing a large gap, to achieve equilibrium.

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Pages: 436-498

Publication Date: June 13, 2005

DOI: 10.1214/EJP.v10-242

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