Nonequilibrium Steady State: Driven Diffusion

Lattice gas with external field — probability current, entropy production, and violation of detailed balance.

Drive Field E 2.0
Temperature T 1.0
Density ρ 0.30
Interaction J 0.0
Driven lattice gas (Katz-Lebowitz-Spohn 1984): particles hop on a 2D lattice with biased rates. External field E breaks detailed balance: J_forward/J_backward = e^(E/T). Steady state has persistent current, entropy production σ = J·E > 0. Phase transition at ρ=0.5: phase-separated strips perpendicular to drive.