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Non-exponential relaxation for anomalous diffusion

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We study the relaxation process in normal and anomalous diffusion regimes for systems described by a generalized Langevin equation (GLE). We demonstrate the existence of a very general correlation function which describes the relaxation phenomena. Such function is even; therefore, it cannot be an exponential or a stretched exponential. However, for a proper choice of the parameters, those functions can be reproduced within certain intervals with good precision. We also show the passage from the non-Markovian to the Markovian behaviour in the normal diffusion regime. For times longer than the relaxation time, the correlation function for anomalous diffusion becomes a power law for broad-band noise.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0501522,
  title  = {Non-exponential relaxation for anomalous diffusion},
  author = {Mendeli H. Vainstein and Ismael V. L. Costa and Rafael Morgado and Fernando A. Oliveira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0501522},
  year   = {2007}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures