The rule for a subdiffusive particle in an extremely diverse environment

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2009.02.040zbMATH Open1228.82073arXiv0805.4054OpenAlexW2069534847MaRDI QIDQ653550FDOQ653550

Authors: Ophir Flomenbom 

Publication date: 19 December 2011

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

Abstract: The dynamics of a subdiffusive continuous time random walker in an inhomogeneous environment is analyzed. In each microscopic jump, a random time is drawn from a waiting time probability density function (WT-PDF) that decays as a power law: phi(t;k)~k/(1+kt)^(1+beta), 0<beta<1. The parameter k, which is the diffusion coefficient for the jump, is a random quantity also; in each jump, it is drawn from a PDF, p(k)~1/k^gamma (0<gamma<1). We show that this system exhibits a transition in the scaling law of its effective WT-PDF, psi(t), which is obtained when averaging phi(t;k) with p(k). psi(t) decays as a power law, psi(t)~1/t^(1+mu), and mu is given by two different formula. When 1-gamma> beta;, mu=beta, but when 1-gamma<beta, mu=1-gamma. The transition in the scaling of psi(t) reflects the competition between two different mechanisms for subdiffusion: subdiffusion due to the heavily tailed phi(t;k) for microscopic jumps, and subdiffusion due to the collective effect of an environment made of many slow local regions. These two different mechanisms for subdiffusion are not additive, and compete each other. The reported transition is dimension independent, and disappears when the power beta is also distributed, in the range, 0<bate<1. Simulations exemplified the transition, and implications are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.4054

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interface problems; diffusion-limited aggregation in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C24) Dynamics of random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C41)

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