On diffusion in narrow random channels

DOI10.1007/S10955-013-0763-3zbMATH Open1288.82036arXiv1210.5226OpenAlexW2034416145MaRDI QIDQ393402FDOQ393402

Mark Freidlin, Wenqing Hu

Publication date: 17 January 2014

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider in this paper a solvable model for the motion of molecular motors. Based on the averaging principle, we reduce the problem to a diffusion process on a graph. We then calculate the effective speed of transportation of these motors.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.5226

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zbMATH Keywords

random environmentBrownian dynamicskinetic theoryaveraging principleaveraging formalismBrownian motors/ratchetsdense fluiddiffusion processes on graphs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic partial differential equations (aspects of stochastic analysis) (60H15) Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Applications of stochastic analysis (to PDEs, etc.) (60H30) Continuum models (systems of particles, etc.) arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B21) Dynamic continuum models (systems of particles, etc.) in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C21)

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