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A considerable number of systems have recently been reported in which Brownian yet non-Gaussian dynamics was observed. These are processes characterised by a linear growth in time of the mean squared displacement, yet the probability…

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We consider the overdamped Brownian dynamics of a particle starting inside a square potential well which, upon exiting the well, experiences a flat potential where it is free to diffuse. We calculate the particle's probability distribution…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-07-14 Oded Farago

Various challenges are faced when animalcules such as bacteria, protozoa, algae, or sperms move autonomously in aqueous media at low Reynolds number. These active agents are subject to strong stochastic fluctuations, that compete with the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-01-16 Christina Kurzthaler , Sebastian Leitmann , Thomas Franosch

We consider a colloidal particle immersed in an active bath and derive a Smoluchowski equation that governs the dynamics of colloidal particle. We address this as active Smoluchowski equation. Our analysis based on this active Smoluchowski…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-06-26 Subhasish Chaki , Rajarshi Chakrabarti

Traditionally, the quantum Brownian motion is described by Fokker-Planck or diffusion equations in terms of quasi-probability distribution functions, e.g., Wigner functions. These often become singular or negative in the full quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Suman Kumar Banik , Bidhan Chandra Bag , Deb Shankar Ray

Starting from a microscopic model of self-propelled hard spheres we use tools of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and the kinetic theory of hard spheres to derive a Smoluchowski equation for interacting Active Brownian particles. We…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-04-05 Benjamin Hancock , Aparna Baskaran

A self-propelled artificial microswimmer is often modeled as a ballistic Brownian particle moving with constant speed aligned along one of its axis, but changing direction due to random collisions with the environment. Similarly to thermal…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-12-08 Pulak K. Ghosh , Yunyun Li , Giampiero Marchegiani , Fabio Marchesoni

In this work, we report a new method to simulate active Brownian particles (ABPs) in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Immersed in a fluid, each ABP consists of a head particle and a spherical phantom region of fluid where the flagellum…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-02-15 Liya Wang , Xinpeng Xu , Zhigang Li , Tiezheng Qian

We investigate the ensemble and time averaged mean squared displacements for particle diffusion in a simple model for disordered media by assuming that the local diffusivity is both fluctuating in time and has a deterministic average growth…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-10-05 A. G. Cherstvy , R. Metzler

We study the two-dimensional overdamped motion of an active particle whose orientational dynamics is subject to fractional Brownian noise, whereas its position is affected by self-propulsion and Brownian fluctuations. From a Langevin-like…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-07-21 Juan Ruben Gomez-Solano , Francisco J. Sevilla

We consider an ideal gas of active Brownian particles that undergo self-propelled motion and both translational and rotational diffusion under the influence of gravity. We solve analytically the corresponding Smoluchowski equation in two…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-03-02 Sophie Hermann , Matthias Schmidt

Brownian motion is the perpetual irregular motion exhibited by small particles immersed in a fluid. Such random motion of the particles is produced by statistical fluctuations in the collisions they suffer with the molecules of the…

Physics Education · Physics 2007-05-23 Kasturi Basu , Kopinjol Baishya

Einstein's Brownian motion of a quantum particle in a classical environment is studied via virial and equipartition theorems. The effect of continuous measurement in a strongly dissipative environment is accounted for and a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-11-13 R. Tsekov

We solve a model of sluggish stochastic motion in which a Brownian particle diffuses with a diffusion coefficient that decays algebraically with the distance to the origin, as $|x|^{-\alpha}$. Additionally, the particle resets with a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-03 Denis Boyer , Satya N. Majumdar

The non-Newtonian behavior of a monodisperse concentrated dispersion of spherical particles was investigated using a direct numerical simulation method, that takes into account hydrodynamic interactions and thermal fluctuations accurately.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-11-22 Takuya Iwashita , Ryoichi Yamamoto

The Smoluchowski equation with a time dependent sink term is solved exactly. In this method by knowing the probability distribution at the origin P(0,s), one may derive the probability distribution at all positions i.e., P(x,s). Further the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-01 Diwaker , Anirudhha Chakraborty

A simple model of random Brownian walk of a spherical mesoscopic particle in viscous liquids is proposed. The model can be both solved analytically and simulated numerically. The analytic solution gives the known Eistein-Smoluchowski…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Zygmunt Mazur , Dariusz Grech

We focus on the dynamics of a Brownian particle whose mass fluctuates. First we show that the behaviour is similar to that of a Brownian particle moving in a fluctuating medium, as studied by Beck [Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 (2001) 180601]. By…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-06-13 R. Lambiotte , M. Ausloos

We consider the active Brownian particle (ABP) model for a two-dimensional microswimmer with fixed speed, whose direction of swimming changes according to a Brownian process. The probability density for the swimmer evolves according to a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-07-01 Hongfei Chen , Jean-Luc Thiffeault

The Smoluchowski equation for a free particle with a time dependent sink is solved exactly for many special cases. In this method by knowing the probability distribution at the origin P(0,t), one may derive the probability distribution at…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-01 Diwaker , Anirudhha Chakraborty