Asymptotically exact probability distribution for the Sinai model with finite drift
Statistical Mechanics
2011-08-04 v1
Abstract
We obtain the exact asymptotic result for the disorder-averaged probability distribution function for a random walk in a biased Sinai model and show that it is characterized by a creeping behavior of the displacement moments with time, <x^n> ~ t^{\mu n} where \mu is dimensionless mean drift. We employ a method originated in quantum diffusion which is based on the exact mapping of the problem to an imaginary-time Schr\"{odinger} equation. For nonzero drift such an equation has an isolated lowest eigenvalue separated by a gap from quasi-continuous excited states, and the eigenstate corresponding to the former governs the long-time asymptotic behavior.
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@article{arxiv.1007.5287,
title = {Asymptotically exact probability distribution for the Sinai model with finite drift},
author = {Gareth Woods and Igor V. Yurkevich and Igor V. Lerner and H. A. Kovtun},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.5287},
year = {2011}
}
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4 pages, 2 figures