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Langevin equation with super-heavy-tailed noise

Statistical Mechanics 2010-06-15 v2

Abstract

We extend the Langevin approach to a class of driving noises whose generating processes have independent increments with super-heavy-tailed distributions. The time-dependent generalized Fokker-Planck equation that corresponds to the first-order Langevin equation driven by such a noise is derived and solved exactly. This noise generates two probabilistic states of the system, survived and absorbed, that are equivalent to those for a classical particle in an absorbing medium. The connection between the rate of absorption and the super-heavy-tailed distribution of the increments is established analytically. A numerical scheme for the simulation of the Langevin equation with super-heavy-tailed noise is developed and used to verify our theoretical results.

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@article{arxiv.1003.1406,
  title  = {Langevin equation with super-heavy-tailed noise},
  author = {S. I. Denisov and H. Kantz and P. Hänggi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.1406},
  year   = {2010}
}

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12 pages, 3 figures

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