English

Ergodic property of random diffusivity system with trapping events

Statistical Mechanics 2022-01-19 v2

Abstract

Brownian yet non-Gaussian phenomenon has recently been observed in many biological and active matter systems. The main idea of explaining this phenomenon is to introduce a random diffusivity for particles moving in inhomogeneous environment. This paper considers a Langevin system containing a random diffusivity and an α\alpha-stable subordinator with α<1\alpha<1. This model describes the particle's motion in complex media where both the long trapping events and random diffusivity exist. We derive the general expressions of ensemble- and time-averaged mean-squared displacements which only contain the values of the inverse subordinator and diffusivity. Further taking specific time-dependent diffusivity, we obtain the analytic expressions of ergodicity breaking parameter and probability density function of the time-averaged mean-squared displacement. The results imply the nonergodicity of the random diffusivity model for any kind of diffusivity, including the critical case where the model presenting normal diffusion.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2109.05224,
  title  = {Ergodic property of random diffusivity system with trapping events},
  author = {Xudong Wang and Yao Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.05224},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

11 pages, 3 figures, 1 table

R2 v1 2026-06-24T05:52:45.578Z