Effective diffusion of Brownian motion in spatially quasi-periodic noise
Statistical Mechanics
2026-01-22 v3
Abstract
The effective diffusion of Brownian particles in periodic potential has been a central topic in nonequilibrium statistical physcis. A classical result is the Lifson formula which provides the effective diffusion constant in periodic potentials. Extending beyong periodicity, our recent work [arXiv:2504.16527] has demonstrated that a modified Lifson expression remains valid for Brownian motion in quasi-periodic potentials. In this work, we extend our previous results by incorporating spatial quasi-periodic noise and examining different stochastic interpretations, . The proposed framework is simple, computationally efficient, and unifies the treatment of diffusion in both periodic and quasi-periodic systems.
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@article{arxiv.2509.01227,
title = {Effective diffusion of Brownian motion in spatially quasi-periodic noise},
author = {Sang Yang and Zhixin Peng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.01227},
year = {2026}
}
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5pages,1 figures