Does ultra-slow diffusion survive in a three dimensional cylindrical comb?

DOI10.1016/J.CHAOS.2015.11.017zbMATH Open1355.35181arXiv1508.05262OpenAlexW2190090745WikidataQ57029588 ScholiaQ57029588MaRDI QIDQ508902FDOQ508902

Authors: Yong-Cai Geng, Sumit K. Garg 

Publication date: 8 February 2017

Published in: Chaos, Solitons and Fractals (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a rigorous result on ultra-slow diffusion by solving a Fokker-Planck equation, which describes anomalous transport in a three dimensional (3D) comb. This 3D cylindrical comb consists of a cylinder of discs threaten on a backbone. It is shown that the ultra-slow contaminant spreading along the backbone is described by the mean squared displacement (MSD) of the order of $ln(t)$. This phenomenon takes place only for normal two dimensional diffusion inside the infinite secondary branches (discs). When the secondary branches have finite boundaries, the ultra-slow motion is a transient process and the asymptotic behavior is normal diffusion. In another example, when anomalous diffusion takes place in the secondary branches, a destruction of ultra-slow (logarithmic) diffusion takes place as well. As the result, one observes "enhanced" subdiffusion with the MSD $sim{t}^{1-alpha}lnt$, where $0<alpha<1$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.05262

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zbMATH Keywords

subdiffusioncomb modelcylindrical combultra-slow diffusion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fokker-Planck equations (35Q84) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31)

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