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We consider a system of particles subjected to a uniform external force E and undergoing random collisions with "virtual" fixed obstacles, as in the Drude model of conductivity. The system is maintained in a nonequilibrium stationary state…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-12-21 Federico Bonetto , Joel L. Lebowitz

We investigate the effects of relatively rapid variations of the boundaries of an overmoded cavity on the stochastic properties of its interior acoustic or electromagnetic field. For quasi-static variations, this field can be represented as…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. R. Arnaut

Recently a new type of Kramers-Fokker-Planck Equation has been proposed [R. Friedrich et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 96}, 230601 (2006)] describing anomalous diffusion in external potentials. In the present paper the explicit cases of a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Eule , R. Friedrich , F. Jenko

Inspired by the modeling of grain growth in polycrystalline materials, we consider a nonlinear Fokker-Plank model, with inhomogeneous diffusion and with variable mobility parameters. We develop large time asymptotic analysis of such…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-24 Yekaterina Epshteyn , Chang Liu , Chun Liu , Masashi Mizuno

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

The Rayleigh model of nonlinear Brownian motion is revisited in which the heavy particle of mass M interacts with ideal gas molecules of mass m via instantaneous collisions. Using the van Kampen method of expansion of the master equation,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. V. Plyukhin

We investigate velocity statistics of homogeneous inelastic gases using the Boltzmann equation. Employing an approximate uniform collision rate, we obtain analytic results valid in arbitrary dimension. In the freely evolving case, the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Ben-Naim , P. L. Krapivsky

Solving the stationary nonlinear Fokker-Planck equations is important in applications and examples include the Poisson-Boltzmann equation and the two layer neural networks. Making use of the connection between the interacting particle…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-03 Lei Li , Yijia Tang , Jingtong Zhang

Equation of long-range particle drift and diffusion on three-dimensional physical lattice is suggested. This equation can be considered as a lattice analogof space-fractional Fokker-Planck equation for continuum. The lattice approach gives…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-03-13 Vasily E. Tarasov

The Boltzmann equation describes the evolution of the phase-space probability distribution of classical particles under binary collisions. Approximations to it underlie the basis for several scholarly fields, including aerodynamics and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-08-09 George J. Wilkie , Torsten Keßler , Sergej Rjasanow

While accurate simulations of dense gas flows far from the equilibrium can be achieved by Direct Simulation adapted to the Enskog equation, the significant computational demand required for collisions appears as a major constraint. In order…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-08-11 Mohsen Sadr , M. Hossein Gorji

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…

A self-consistent and universal description of friction and diffusion for Brownian particles (grains) in different systems, as a gas with Boltzmann collisions, dusty plasma with ion absorption by grains, and for active particles (e.g.,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. A. Trigger , G. J. F. van Heijst , P. P. J. M. Schram

In this paper we consider a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation with asymptotically small parameters. It describes the diffusion of finite-size particles in the presence of a fixed distribution of obstacles in the limit of low-volume fraction.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-04 Maria Bruna , Martin Burger , Helene Ranetbauer , Marie-Therese Wolfram

The displacement $\lambda$-convexity of a nonstandard entropy with respect to a nonlocal transportation metric in finite state spaces is shown using a gradient flow approach. The constant $\lambda$ is computed explicitly in terms of a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-16 José A. Carrillo , Ansgar Jüngel , Matheus C. Santos

Dynamics of inelastic gases are studied within the framework of random collision processes. The corresponding Boltzmann equation with uniform collision rates is solved analytically for gases, impurities, and mixtures. Generally, the energy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Ben-Naim , P. L. Krapivsky

We have previously shown an analysis of our dimer model in the over-damped regime to show directed transport in equilibrium. Here we analyze the full model with inertial terms present to establish the same result. First we derive the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-08-16 A. Bhattacharyay

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

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