Scaling forms of particle densities for Lévy walks and strong anomalous diffusion
We study the scaling behavior of particle densities for Lévy walks whose transition length r is coupled with the transition time t as |r|∞tα with an exponent α>0. The transition-time distribution behaves as ψ(t)∞t-1-β with β>0. For 1<β<2α and α≥1, particle displacements are characterized...
| Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repository: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/140768 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/140768 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Piecewise linear techniques Particle densities Scaling behavior |
| Summary: | We study the scaling behavior of particle densities for Lévy walks whose transition length r is coupled with the transition time t as |r|∞tα with an exponent α>0. The transition-time distribution behaves as ψ(t)∞t-1-β with β>0. For 1<β<2α and α≥1, particle displacements are characterized by a finite transition time and confinement to |r|<tα while the marginal distribution of transition lengths is heavy tailed. These characteristics give rise to the existence of two scaling forms for the particle density, one that is valid at particle displacements |r|蠐tα and one at |r|≲tα. As a consequence, the Lévy walk displays strong anomalous diffusion in the sense that the average absolute moments (|r|q) scale as tqν(q) with ν(q) piecewise linear above and below a critical value qc. We derive explicit expressions for the scaling forms of the particle densities and determine the scaling of the average absolute moments. We find that (|r|q)∞tqα/β for q<qc=β/α and (|r|q)∞t1+αq-β for q>qc. These results give insight into the possible origins of strong anomalous diffusion and anomalous behaviors in disordered systems in general. © 2015 American Physical Society. |
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