Dipole diffusion in a random electrical potential

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/42/37/375001MaRDI QIDQ3648216zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Clément Touya, David S. Dean, Clément Sire

Publication date 24 November 2009

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.2337

zbMATH Keywords

Fokker-Planck equationLangevin equationdipol diffusionYubo formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70)

Abstract: We study the Langevin dynamics of a dipole diffusing in a random electrical field E derived from a quenched Gaussian potential. We show that in a suitable adiabatic limit (where the dynamics of the dipole moment is much faster than the dynamics of its position), one can reduce the coupled stochastic equations to an effective Langevin equation for a particle diffusing in an effective potential with a spatially varying and anisotropic local diffusivity $kapp{a}_{ij}$. Analytic results, close to the adiabatic limit, for the diffusion constant $kapp{a}_e$ are found in one dimension and a finite temperature dynamical transition is found. The system is also studied numerically. In particular, we study the anomalous diffusion exponent in the low temperature regime. Our findings strongly support the conclusion that the location of the dynamical transition and the anomalous diffusion exponents are determined by purely static considerations, i.e. they are independent of the relative values of the diffusion constants of the particle position and its dipole moment.

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