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Distribution of Time-Averaged Observables for Weak Ergodicity Breaking

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

We find a general formula for the distribution of time-averaged observables for systems modeled according to the sub-diffusive continuous time random walk. For Gaussian random walks coupled to a thermal bath we recover ergodicity and Boltzmann's statistics, while for the anomalous subdiffusive case a weakly non-ergodic statistical mechanical framework is constructed, which is based on L\'evy's generalized central limit theorem. As an example we calculate the distribution of Xˉ\bar{X}: the time average of the position of the particle, for unbiased and uniformly biased particles, and show that Xˉ\bar{X} exhibits large fluctuations compared with the ensemble average <X><X>.

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@article{arxiv.0707.3865,
  title  = {Distribution of Time-Averaged Observables for Weak Ergodicity Breaking},
  author = {Adi Rebenshtok and Eli Barkai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.3865},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures

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