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Trajectory statistics of confined L\'{e}vy flights and Boltzmann-type equilibria

Statistical Mechanics 2015-06-15 v1

Abstract

We analyze a specific class of random systems that are driven by a symmetric L\'{e}vy stable noise, where Langevin representation is absent. In view of the L\'{e}vy noise sensitivity to environmental inhomogeneities, the pertinent random motion asymptotically sets down at the Boltzmann-type equilibrium, represented by a probability density function (pdf) ρ(x)exp[Φ(x)]\rho_*(x) \sim \exp [-\Phi (x)]. Here, we infer pdf ρ(x,t)\rho (x,t) based on numerical path-wise simulation of the underlying jump-type process. A priori given data are jump transition rates entering the master equation for ρ(x,t)\rho (x,t) and its target pdf ρ(x)\rho_*(x). To simulate the above processes, we construct a suitable modification of the Gillespie algorithm, originally invented in the chemical kinetics context. We exemplified our algorithm simulating different jump-type processes and discuss the dynamics of real physical systems where it can be useful.

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@article{arxiv.1303.6920,
  title  = {Trajectory statistics of confined L\'{e}vy flights and Boltzmann-type equilibria},
  author = {Mariusz Zaba and Piotr Garbaczewski and Vladimir Stephanovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.6920},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Presented at 25th Marian Smoluchowski Symposium on Statistical Physics, Cracow, Sept. 10-13, 2012