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Global first passage times on fractal lattices

Statistical Mechanics 2008-09-04 v1

Abstract

The global first passage time density of a network is the probability that a random walker released at a random site arrives at an absorbing trap at time T. We find simple expressions for the mean global first passage time <T> for five fractals. We also find an exact expression for the second moment <T^2> and show that the variance of the first passage time, Var(T), scales with the number of nodes within the fractal N such that Var(T) ~ N^(4/\bar{d}), where \bar{d} is the spectral dimension.

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@article{arxiv.0809.0563,
  title  = {Global first passage times on fractal lattices},
  author = {C. P. Haynes and A. P. Roberts},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.0563},
  year   = {2008}
}

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10 pages, 7 figures

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