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One-dimensional classical diffusion in a random force field with weakly concentrated absorbers

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2015-05-13 v1

Abstract

A one-dimensional model of classical diffusion in a random force field with a weak concentration ρ\rho of absorbers is studied. The force field is taken as a Gaussian white noise with \meanϕ(x)=0\mean{\phi(x)}=0 and \meanϕ(x)ϕ(x)=gδ(xx)\mean{\phi(x)\phi(x')}=g \delta(x-x'). Our analysis relies on the relation between the Fokker-Planck operator and a quantum Hamiltonian in which absorption leads to breaking of supersymmetry. Using a Lifshits argument, it is shown that the average return probability is a power law \smeanP(x,tx,0)t2ρ/g\smean{P(x,t|x,0)}\sim{}t^{-\sqrt{2\rho/g}} (to be compared with the usual Lifshits exponential decay exp(ρ2t)1/3\exp{-(\rho^2t)^{1/3}} in the absence of the random force field). The localisation properties of the underlying quantum Hamiltonian are discussed as well.

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@article{arxiv.0902.2698,
  title  = {One-dimensional classical diffusion in a random force field with weakly concentrated absorbers},
  author = {Christophe Texier and Christian Hagendorf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.2698},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages, LaTeX, 5 eps figures

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