Diffusion with a broad class of stochastic diffusion coefficients
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| author | Uchida, Go Washizu, Hitoshi Miyoshi, Hiromi |
| author_facet | Uchida, Go Washizu, Hitoshi Miyoshi, Hiromi |
| contents | In many physical or biological systems, diffusion can be described by Brownian motions with stochastic diffusion coefficients (DCs). In the present study, we investigate properties of the diffusion with a broad class of stochastic DCs with a novel approach. We show that for a finite time, the propagator is non-Gaussian and heavy-tailed. This means that when the mean square displacements are the same, for a finite time, some of the diffusing particles with stochastic DCs diffuse farther than the particles with deterministic DCs or exhibiting a fractional Brownian motion. We also show that when a stochastic DC is ergodic, the propagator converges to a Gaussian distribution in the long time limit. The speed of convergence is determined by the autocovariance function of the DC. |
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| spellingShingle | Diffusion with a broad class of stochastic diffusion coefficients Uchida, Go Washizu, Hitoshi Miyoshi, Hiromi Statistical Mechanics Biological Physics In many physical or biological systems, diffusion can be described by Brownian motions with stochastic diffusion coefficients (DCs). In the present study, we investigate properties of the diffusion with a broad class of stochastic DCs with a novel approach. We show that for a finite time, the propagator is non-Gaussian and heavy-tailed. This means that when the mean square displacements are the same, for a finite time, some of the diffusing particles with stochastic DCs diffuse farther than the particles with deterministic DCs or exhibiting a fractional Brownian motion. We also show that when a stochastic DC is ergodic, the propagator converges to a Gaussian distribution in the long time limit. The speed of convergence is determined by the autocovariance function of the DC. |
| title | Diffusion with a broad class of stochastic diffusion coefficients |
| topic | Statistical Mechanics Biological Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08820 |