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We consider the symmetric simple exclusion process in the interval [−N,N] with additional birth and death processes respectively on (N−K,N], K>0, and [−N,−N+K). The exclusion is speeded up by a factor N 2, births and deaths by a factor N. Assuming propagation of chaos (a property proved in a companion paper, De Masi et al., http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.3447) we prove convergence in the limit N→∞ to the linear heat equation with Dirichlet condition on the boundaries; the boundary conditions however are not known a priori, they are obtained by solving a non-linear equation. The model simulates mass transport with current reservoirs at the boundaries and the Fourier law is proved to hold.
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De Masi, A., Presutti, E., Tsagkarogiannis, D. et al. Current Reservoirs in the Simple Exclusion Process. J Stat Phys 144, 1151 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-011-0326-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-011-0326-4