Multiple peaks in the displacement distribution of active random walkers

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/AB4FDEMaRDI QIDQ5149676zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Eial Teomy, Yael Roichman, Yair Shokef

Publication date 12 February 2021

Published in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.07242

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sums of independent random variables; random walks (60G50) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22) Dynamics of random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C41)

Abstract: We consider a simple model for active random walk with general temporal correlations, and investigate the shape of the probability distribution function of the displacement during a short time interval. We find that under certain conditions the distribution is non-monotonic and we show analytically and numerically that the existence of the non-monotonicity is governed by the walker's tendency to move forward, while the correlations between the timing of its active motion control the magnitude and shape of the non-monotonicity. In particular, we find that in a homogeneous system such non-monotonicity can occur only if the persistence is strong enough.

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• Non-Gaussian displacement distributions in models of heterogeneous active particle dynamics

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