Anomalous Diffusion of particles with inertia in external potentials
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Recently a new type of Kramers-Fokker-Planck Equation has been proposed [R. Friedrich et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 96}, 230601 (2006)] describing anomalous diffusion in external potentials. In the present paper the explicit cases of a harmonic potential and a velocity-dependend damping are incorporated. Exact relations for moments for these cases are presented and the asymptotic behaviour for long times is discussed. Interestingly the bounding potential and the additional damping by itself lead to a subdiffussive behaviour, while acting together the particle becomes localized for long times.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0705.1480,
title = {Anomalous Diffusion of particles with inertia in external potentials},
author = {S. Eule and R. Friedrich and F. Jenko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.1480},
year = {2007}
}