Hopping motion of lattice gases through nonsymmetric potentials under strong bias conditions

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The hopping motion of lattice gases through potentials without mirror-reflection symmetry is investigated under various bias conditions. The model of two particles on a ring with four sites is solved explicitly; the resulting current in a sawtooth potential is discussed. The current of lattice gases in extended systems consisting of periodic repetitions of segments with sawtooth potentials is studied for different concentrations and values of the bias. Rectification effects are observed, similar to the single-particle case. A mean-field approximation for the current in the case of strong bias acting against the highest barriers in the system is made and compared with numerical simulations. The particle-vacancy symmetry of the model is discussed.
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