Reservoir crowding in a totally asymmetric simple exclusion process with Langmuir kinetics

Abstract

We study a totally asymmetric simple exclusion process equipped with Langmuir kinetics with boundaries connected to a common reservoir. The total number of particles in the system is conserved and controlled by filling factor μ. Additionally, crowding of reservoir is taken into account which regulates the entry and exit of particles from both boundary as well as bulk. In the framework of mean-field approximation, we express the density profiles in terms of Lambert-W functions and obtain phase diagrams in α−β parameter space. Further, we elucidate the variation of phase diagram with respect to filling factor and Langmuir kinetics. In particular, the topology of the phase diagram is found to change in the vicinity of μ=1. Moreover, the interplay between reservoir crowding and Langmuir kinetics develops a novel feature in the form of back-and-forth transition. The theoretical phase boundaries and density profiles are validated through extensive Monte Carlo simulations.