Interacting particle systems and random walks on Hecke algebras

Abstract

In this paper we show that a variety of interacting particle systems with multiple species can be viewed as random walks on Hecke algebras. This class of systems includes the asymmetric simple exclusion process (ASEP), M-exclusion TASEP, ASEP(q,j), stochastic vertex models, and many others. As an application, we study the asymptotic behavior of second class particles in some of these systems.