MPA for TASEP with a generalized update on a ring

Abstract: We apply the Matrix Product Ansatz to study the Totally Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process on a ring with a generalized discrete-time dynamics depending on two hopping probabilities, $p$ and $\tilde{p}$. The model contains as special cases the TASEP with parallel update, when $\tilde{p} =0$, and with sequential backward-ordered update, when $\tilde{p} =p$. We construct a two-dimensional matrix-product representation and use it to obtain exact finite-size expressions for the partition function, the current of particles and the two-point correlation function. Our main new result is the derivation of the finite-size pair correlation function. Its behavior is analyzed in different regimes of effective attraction and repulsion between the particles, depending on whether $\tilde{p} >p$ or $\tilde{p} < p$. In particular, we explicitly obtain an analytic expression for the pair correlation function in the limit of irreversible aggregation $\tilde{p}\rightarrow 1$, when the stationary configurations contain just one cluster.