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Multi-point Distribution Function for the Continuous Time Random Walk

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

We derive an explicit expression for the Fourier-Laplace transform of the two-point distribution function p(x1,t1;x2,t2)p(x_1,t_1;x_2,t_2) of a continuous time random walk (CTRW), thus generalizing the result of Montroll and Weiss for the single point distribution function p(x1,t1)p(x_1,t_1). The multi-point distribution function has a structure of a convolution of the Montroll-Weiss CTRW and the aging CTRW single point distribution functions. The correlation function <x(t1)x(t2)><x(t_1) x(t_2) > for the biased CTRW process is found. The random walk foundation of the multi-time-space fractional diffusion equation [Baule and Friedrich [{\em Europhysics Letters} {\bf 77} 10002 (2007)] is investigated using the unbiased CTRW in the continuum limit.

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@article{arxiv.0705.2857,
  title  = {Multi-point Distribution Function for the Continuous Time Random Walk},
  author = {E. Barkai and I. M. Sokolov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.2857},
  year   = {2009}
}
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