Random Flights and Anomalous Diffusion: A Non-Markovian Take on Lorentz Processes
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| author | Facciaroni, Lorenzo Ricciuti, Costantino Scalas, Enrico Toaldo, Bruno |
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| contents | We study Lorentz processes in two different settings. Both cases are characterized by infinite expectation of the free-flight times, contrary to what happens in the classical Gallavotti-Spohn models. Under a suitable Boltzmann-Grad type scaling limit, they converge to non-Markovian random-flight processes with superdiffusive behavior. A further scaling limit yields another non Markovian process, i.e., a superdiffusion obtained by a suitable time-change of Brownian motion. Furthermore, we obtain the governing equations for our random flights and anomalous diffusion, which represent a non-local counterpart for the linear-Boltzmann and diffusion equations arising in the classical theory. It turns out that these equations have the form of fractional kinetic equations in both time and space. To prove these results, we develop a technique based on mixtures of Feller semigroups. |
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| spellingShingle | Random Flights and Anomalous Diffusion: A Non-Markovian Take on Lorentz Processes Facciaroni, Lorenzo Ricciuti, Costantino Scalas, Enrico Toaldo, Bruno Probability Mathematical Physics We study Lorentz processes in two different settings. Both cases are characterized by infinite expectation of the free-flight times, contrary to what happens in the classical Gallavotti-Spohn models. Under a suitable Boltzmann-Grad type scaling limit, they converge to non-Markovian random-flight processes with superdiffusive behavior. A further scaling limit yields another non Markovian process, i.e., a superdiffusion obtained by a suitable time-change of Brownian motion. Furthermore, we obtain the governing equations for our random flights and anomalous diffusion, which represent a non-local counterpart for the linear-Boltzmann and diffusion equations arising in the classical theory. It turns out that these equations have the form of fractional kinetic equations in both time and space. To prove these results, we develop a technique based on mixtures of Feller semigroups. |
| title | Random Flights and Anomalous Diffusion: A Non-Markovian Take on Lorentz Processes |
| topic | Probability Mathematical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02796 |