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On diffusion in narrow random channels

Probability 2013-06-11 v3 Biological Physics

Abstract

We consider in this paper a solvable model for the motion of molecular motors. Based on the averaging principle, we reduce the problem to a diffusion process on a graph. We then calculate the effective speed of transportation of these motors.

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@article{arxiv.1210.5226,
  title  = {On diffusion in narrow random channels},
  author = {Mark Freidlin and Wenqing Hu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.5226},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

23 pages, 3 figures, comments are welcome

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