Gutzwiller approximation for indistinguishable interacting Brownian particles on a lattice.

Abstract

Nonequilibrium Brownian systems can be described using a creation and annihilation operator formalism for classical indistinguishable particles. This formalism has recently been used to derive a many-body master equation for Brownian particles on a lattice with interactions of arbitrary strength and range. One advantage of this formalism is the possibility of using solution methods for analogous many-body quantum systems. In this paper, we adapt the Gutzwiller approximation for the quantum Bose-Hubbard model to the many-body master equation for interacting Brownian particles in a lattice in the large-particle limit. Using the adapted Gutzwiller approximation, we numerically explore the complex behavior of nonequilibrium steady-state drift and number fluctuations throughout the full range of interaction strengths and densities for on-site and nearest-neighbor interactions.