Destruction of ultra-slow diffusion in a three dimensional cylindrical comb structure
Abstract
We present a rigorous result on ultra-slow diffusion by solving a Fokker-Planck equation, which describes anomalous transport in a three dimensional (3D) comb. This 3D cylindrical comb consists of a cylinder of discs threaten on a backbone. It is shown that the ultra-slow contaminant spreading along the backbone is described by the mean squared displacement (MSD) of the order of . This phenomenon takes place only for normal two dimensional diffusion inside the infinite secondary branches (discs). When the secondary branches have finite boundaries, the ultra-slow motion is a transient process and the asymptotic behavior is normal diffusion. In another example, when anomalous diffusion takes place in the secondary branches, a destruction of ultra-slow (logarithmic) diffusion takes place as well. As the result, one observes "enhanced" subdiffusion with the MSD , where .
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@article{arxiv.1508.05262,
title = {Destruction of ultra-slow diffusion in a three dimensional cylindrical comb structure},
author = {A. Iomin and V. Mendez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.05262},
year = {2015}
}