Entropy as a measure of diffusion

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2013.05.015zbMATH Open1300.82013arXiv1305.5407OpenAlexW2093207566MaRDI QIDQ401663FDOQ401663

Authors: Amir Aghamohammadi, Amir H. Fatollahi, Mohammad Khorrami, Ahmad Shariati 

Publication date: 27 August 2014

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The time variation of entropy, as an alternative to the variance, is proposed as a measure of the diffusion rate. It is shown that for linear and time-translationally invariant systems having a large-time limit for the density, at large times the entropy tends exponentially to a constant. For systems with no stationary density, at large times the entropy is logarithmic with a coefficient specifying the speed of the diffusion. As an example, the large time behaviors of the entropy and the variance are compared for various types of fractional-derivative diffusions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.5407

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zbMATH Keywords

diffusion equationfractional derivativeanomalous diffusion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffusion processes (60J60) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

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