Single file diffusion meets Feynman path integral
Abstract
The path-integral representation of Smoluchowski equation is exploited to explore the stochastic dynamics of a tagged Brownian particle within an interacting system where hydrodynamic effects are neglected. In particular, this formalism is applied to a particle system confined to a one-dimensional infinite line aiming to investigate the single-file diffusion phenomenon in this scenario. In particular, the path-integral method is contrasted against the standard many-particle Langevin equation for a system of interacting Brownian particles in a harmonic chain model, exhibiting excellent agreement; in this case of study a formula defined on the whole time-scale for the mean-square displacement, in the thermodynamic limit, is found for the tracer particle in terms of Bessel functions, recovering also the single-file regime. Additionally, a Brownian particle system with paramagnetic interactions is considered near crystallization where the total interaction potential is roughly a harmonic potential. Taking advantage of the path-integral formalism a simple perturbation treatment is carried out to investigate the single file diffusion behavior when temperature is increased away from the crystal phase.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2105.10008,
title = {Single file diffusion meets Feynman path integral},
author = {Pavel Castro-Villarreal and Claudio Contreras-Aburto and Sendic Estrada-Jiménez and Idrish Huet-Hernández and Oscar Vázquez-Rodríguez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.10008},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
27 pages, 2 figures