Hydrodynamical behavior for the generalized symmetric exclusion with open boundary

Abstract

We analyze the generalized symmetric exclusion process, which allows at most $\alpha$ particles per site, and we put it in contact with stochastic reservoirs whose strength is regulated by a parameter $\theta\in\mathbb R$. We prove that the hydrodynamic behavior is given by the heat equation and depending on the value of $\theta$, the equation is supplemented with different boundary conditions. Setting $\alpha = 1$ we find the results known in [1] for the symmetric simple exclusion process.