Multispecies TASEP and combinatorial $R$

TL;DR

This paper connects the steady state construction of multispecies TASEP with combinatorial R-matrices from quantum affine algebra, leading to a new matrix product formula involving corner transfer matrices and crystal base theory.

Contribution

It identifies the TASEP steady state algorithm with combinatorial R-matrices and derives a novel matrix product formula using corner transfer matrices and quantum algebra techniques.

Findings

Established a new matrix product formula for TASEP steady states.

Connected TASEP steady states with quantum affine algebra and crystal base theory.

Expressed steady states using corner transfer matrices of a q-oscillator five-vertex model.

Abstract

We identify the algorithm for constructing steady states of the $n$-species totally asymmetric simple exclusion process (TASEP) on $L$ site periodic chain by Ferrari and Martin with a composition of combinatorial $R$ for the quantum affine algebra $U_q(\widehat{sl}_L)$ in crystal base theory. Based on this connection and the factorized form of the $R$ matrix derived recently from the tetrahedron equation, we establish a new matrix product formula for the steady state of the TASEP which is expressed in terms of corner transfer matrices of the $q$-oscillator valued five-vertex model at $q=0$.