Universality of giant diffusion in tilted periodic potentials

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Main Authors: Iida, Kento, Dechant, Andreas, Akimoto, Takuma
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author Iida, Kento
Dechant, Andreas
Akimoto, Takuma
author_facet Iida, Kento
Dechant, Andreas
Akimoto, Takuma
contents Giant diffusion, where the diffusion coefficient of a Brownian particle in a periodic potential with an external force is significantly enhanced by the external force, is a non-trivial non-equilibrium phenomenon. We propose a simple stochastic model of giant diffusion, which is based on a biased continuous-time random walk (CTRW) with flight time. By introducing a flight time representing traversal dynamics, we derive the diffusion coefficient using renewal theory and demonstrate its universal peak behavior under various periodic potentials, especially in low-temperature regimes. Giant diffusion is universally observed in the sense that there is a peak of the diffusion coefficient for any tilted periodic potentials and the degree of the diffusivity is greatly enhanced especially for low-temperature regimes. The biased CTRW models with flight times are applied to diffusion under three tilted periodic potentials. Furthermore, the temperature dependence of the maximum diffusion coefficient and the external force that attains the maximum are presented for diffusion under a tilted sawtooth potential.
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Iida, Kento
Dechant, Andreas
Akimoto, Takuma
Statistical Mechanics
Giant diffusion, where the diffusion coefficient of a Brownian particle in a periodic potential with an external force is significantly enhanced by the external force, is a non-trivial non-equilibrium phenomenon. We propose a simple stochastic model of giant diffusion, which is based on a biased continuous-time random walk (CTRW) with flight time. By introducing a flight time representing traversal dynamics, we derive the diffusion coefficient using renewal theory and demonstrate its universal peak behavior under various periodic potentials, especially in low-temperature regimes. Giant diffusion is universally observed in the sense that there is a peak of the diffusion coefficient for any tilted periodic potentials and the degree of the diffusivity is greatly enhanced especially for low-temperature regimes. The biased CTRW models with flight times are applied to diffusion under three tilted periodic potentials. Furthermore, the temperature dependence of the maximum diffusion coefficient and the external force that attains the maximum are presented for diffusion under a tilted sawtooth potential.
title Universality of giant diffusion in tilted periodic potentials
topic Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.12761