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The concept of random walk, in which particles or waves undergo multiple collisions with the microscopic constituents of a surrounding medium, is central to understanding diffusive transport across many research areas. However, this…

We investigate front propagation in systems with diffusive and sub-diffusive behavior. The scaling behavior of moments of the diffusive problem, both in the standard and in the anomalous cases, is not enough to determine the features of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-09-06 Maurizio Serva , Davide Vergni , Angelo Vulpiani

This paper derives the Fokker-Planck (FP) equation for a particle moving in potential by a randomly modulated dipole. The FP equation describes the anomalous diffusion observed in the companion paper [1] and breaks the conservation of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-05-03 S. Katagiri , Y. Matsuo , Y. Matsuoka , A. Sugamoto

A physical-mathematical approach to anomalous diffusion may be based on fractional diffusion equations and related random walk models. The fundamental solutions of these equations can be interpreted as probability densities evolving in time…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-05-27 Rudolf Gorenflo , Francesco Mainardi

From the spread of pollutants in the atmosphere to the transmission of nutrients across cell membranes, anomalous diffusion processes are ubiquitous in natural systems. The ability to understand and control the mechanisms guiding such…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-01-04 E G Kostadinova , J L Padgett , C D Liaw , L S Matthews , T W Hyde

The Fokker-Planck Equation, applied to transport processes in fusion plasmas, can model several anomalous features, including uphill transport, scaling of confinement time with system size, and convective propagation of externally induced…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-11-05 D. F. Escande , F. Sattin

Diffusive transport of particles or, more generally, small objects is a ubiquitous feature of physical and chemical reaction systems. In configurations containing confining walls or constrictions transport is controlled both by the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-01-22 P. Sekhar Burada , Peter Hanggi , Fabio Marchesoni , Gerhard Schmid , Peter Talkner

The comb model is a simplified description for anomalous diffusion under geometric constraints. It represents particles spreading out in a two-dimensional space where the motions in the x-direction are allowed only when the y coordinate of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-07-21 H. V. Ribeiro , A. A. Tateishi , L. G. A. Alves , R. S. Zola , E. K. Lenzi

Diffusive transport in many complex systems features a crossover between anomalous diffusion at short times and normal diffusion at long times. This behavior can be mathematically modeled by cutting off (tempering) beyond a mesoscopic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-10-15 Thomas Vojta , Zachary Miller , Samuel Halladay

Diffusion is a fundamental physical phenomenon with critical applications in fields such as metallurgy, cell biology, and population dynamics. While standard diffusion is well-understood, anomalous diffusion often requires complex non-local…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-16 Gabriel Barreiro , Vladimir Pérez-Veloz

In this paper we investigate the behavior of particles crossing a neat interface between two media. A Monte Carlo and analytical model, based on fractional derivatives, are presented and discussed in detail, together with a comparison.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-06-15 M. Marseguerra , A. Zoia

Anomalous-diffusion, the departure of the spreading dynamics of diffusing particles from the traditional law of Brownian-motion, is a signature feature of a large number of complex soft-matter and biological systems. Anomalous-diffusion…

The diffusion of a particle in a crowded environment typically proceeds through three regimes: for very short times the particle diffuses freely until it collides with an obstacle for the first time, while for very long times diffusion the…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-10-09 Nguiya P. Neo , Gary W. Slater

We present a numerical study of classical particles diffusing on a solid surface. The particles' motion is modeled by an underdamped Langevin equation with ordinary thermal noise. The particle-surface interaction is described by a periodic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. M. Sancho , A. M. Lacasta , K. Lindenberg , I. M. Sokolov , A. H. Romero

We study the random walk of a particle in a compartmentalized environment, as realized in biological samples or solid state compounds. Each compartment is characterized by its length $L$ and the boundaries transmittance $T$. We identify two…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-03-12 Gorka Muñoz-Gil , Miguel Angel García-March , Carlo Manzo , Alessio Celi , Maciej Lewenstein

Diffusive transport of a particle in spatially correlated random energy landscape having exponential density of states has been considered. We exactly calculate the diffusivity in the nondispersive quasi-equilibrium transport regime and…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2018-02-14 S. V. Novikov

In this paper we present numerical methods - finite differences and finite elements - for solution of partial differential equation of fractional order in time for one-dimensional space. This equation describes anomalous diffusion which is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mariusz Ciesielski , Jacek Leszczynski

Equation for anomalous diffusion in momentum space, recently obtained in the recent paper (S.A. Trigger, ArXiv 0907.2793 v1, [cond-matt. stat.-mech.], 16 July 2009) is solved for the stationary and non-stationary cases on basis of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-09-08 S. A. Trigger

The problem of anomalous diffusion in momentum (velocity) space is considered based on the master equation and the appropriate probability transition function (PTF). The approach recently developed by the author for coordinate space, is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-18 S. A. Trigger

Anomalous diffusion is predicted for Brownian particles in inhomogeneous viscosity landscapes by means of scaling arguments, which are substantiated through numerical simulations. Analytical solutions of the related Fokker-Planck equation…