Spherical Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes

DOI10.1007/S10955-011-0332-6zbMATH Open1235.82056arXiv1105.4903OpenAlexW3099990649MaRDI QIDQ650197FDOQ650197

Michael Wilkinson, A. Pumir

Publication date: 25 November 2011

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

Abstract: The paper considers random motion of a point on the surface of a sphere, in the case where the angular velocity is determined by an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. The solution is fully characterized by only one dimensionless number, the persistence angle, which is the typical angle of rotation of the object during the correlation time of the angular velocity. We first show that the two-dimensional case is exactly solvable. When the persistence angle is large, a series for the correlation function has the surprising property that its sum varies much more slowly than any of its individual terms. In three dimensions we obtain asymptotic forms for the correlation function, in the limits where the persistence angle is very small and very large. The latter case exhibits a complicated transient, followed by a much slower exponential decay. The decay rate is determined by the solution of a radial Schrodinger equation in which the angular momentum quantum number takes an irrational value, namely j=(sqrt{17}-1)/2. Possible applications of the model to objects tumbling in a turbulent environment are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.4903

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zbMATH Keywords

Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processdiffusioncorrelation functionturbulencespherical motion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffusion processes (60J60) Stochastic ordinary differential equations (aspects of stochastic analysis) (60H10) Ordinary differential equations and systems with randomness (34F05) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31)

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• A pseudo-likelihood estimator of the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck parameters from suprema observations
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