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Classical diffusion in a random medium involves an exponential functional of Brownian motion. This functional also appears in the study of Brownian diffusion on a Riemann surface of constant negative curvature. We analyse in detail this…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 Alain COMTET , Cecile MONTHUS

Heterogeneous media diffusion is often described using position-dependent diffusion coefficients and estimated indirectly through mean squared displacement in experiments. This approach may overlook other mechanisms and their interaction…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-09-11 Haroldo V. Ribeiro , Angel A. Tateishi , Ervin K. Lenzi , Richard L. Magin , Matjaz Perc

We prove a central limit theorem for the momentum distribution of a particle undergoing an unbiased spatially periodic random forcing at exponentially distributed times without friction. The start is a linear Boltzmann equation for the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Jeremy Clark , Christian Maes

We investigate the effect of spatial dispersion phenomenon on the performance of graphene-based plasmonic devices at THz. For this purpose, two different components, namely a phase shifter and a low-pass filter, are taken from the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-01 Diego Correas-Serrano , Juan Sebastian Gomez-Diaz , Alejandro Alvarez-Melcon

Using the methods of computer modeling this scientific paper studies the special features of diffusion of the particles subjected to the external periodic force in the crystal lattice. The particle motion is described by a Langevin…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-11-04 I. G. Marchenko , I. I. Marchenko

We study the one-dimensional diffusion process which takes place between two reflecting boundaries and which is acted upon by a time-dependent and spatially-constant force. The assumed force possesses both the harmonically oscillating and…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Evzen Subrt , Petr Chvosta

The effect of boundaries on the force distributions in granular media is illustrated by simulations of 2D packings of frictionless, Hertzian spheres. To elucidate discrepancies between experimental observations and theoretical predictions,…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-07 Jacco H. Snoeijer , Martin van Hecke , Ellak Somfai , Wim van Saarloos

In this article, we put forward a new approach to electrodynamics of materials. Based on the identification of induced electromagnetic fields as the microscopic counterparts of polarization and magnetization, we systematically employ the…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-12-19 R. Starke , G. A. H. Schober

The phenomena of subdiffusion are widely observed in physical and biological systems. To investigate the effects of external potentials, say, harmonic potential, linear potential, and time dependent force, we study the subdiffusion…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-04-24 Yao Chen , Xudong Wang , Weihua Deng

We present a position Langevin equation for overdamped particle motion on rough two-dimensional surfaces. A Brownian Dynamics algorithm is suggested to evolve this equation numerically, allowing for the prediction of effective (projected)…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Ali Naji , Frank L. H. Brown

Surface-active molecules supplied from a particle fixed at the water surface create a spatial gradient of the molecule concentration, resulting in Marangoni convection. Convective flow transports the molecules far from the particle,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-04-05 Hiroyuki Kitahata , Natsuhiko Yoshinaga

The dispersing equation was derived from system of the hydrodynamic equations that take into account the gravity, and from boundary conditions of shock front. The dispersing equation made it possible to study unstable stability of front not…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-05-21 V. V. Lyahov , V. M. Neshchadim

Diffusive properties of interacting magnetic dipoles confined in a parabolic narrow channel and in the presence of a periodic modulated (corrugated) potential along the unconfined direction are studied using Brownian dynamics simulations.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-03-17 D. Lucena , J. E. Galván-Moya , W. P. Ferreira , F. M. Peeters

We consider a simple model of one-dimensional magnetic crystal and examine the propagation of an electromagnetic wave through such a medium. Calculating the dispersion relation ${\bf k}(\omega)$ allows us to illustrate how the spread of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-05 Taras Krokhmalskii , Taras Verkholyak , Ostap Baran , Dmytro Yaremchuk , Taras Hutak , Oleg Derzhko

In this work, we study the dynamics of a single active Brownian particle, as well as the collective behavior of interacting active Brownian particles, in a fluctuating heterogeneous environment. We employ a variant of the diffusing…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-01-05 S. M. J. Khadem , N. H. Siboni , S. H. L. Klapp

We study the simplest terms that need to be included in active field theories to couple them to external potentials. To do so, we consider active Brownian particles and implement a systematic perturbative expansion in the particle…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-21 Yariv Kafri , Julien Tailleur

Recently, dispersionless (coherent) motion of (noninteracting) massive Brownian particles, at intermediate time scales, was reported in a sinusoidal potential with a constant tilt. The coherent motion persists for a finite length of time…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Saikia , Mangal C. Mahato

Charged particles in a magnetosphere are spontaneously attracted to a planet while increasing their kinetic energy via inward diffusion process. A constraint on particles' micro-scale adiabatic invariants restricts the class of motions…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-11-08 Y. Ushida , Y. Kawazura , N. Sato , Z. Yoshida

The influence of an external field acting differently on the two constituents of a binary colloidal mixture performing Brownian dynamics is investigated by computer simulations and a simple theory. In our model, one half of the particles…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Dzubiella , H. Loewen

The problem of a bouncing ball on a non-planar surface is investigated. We discovered that surface undulation adds a horizontal component to the impact force, which acquires a random character. Some aspects of Brownian motion are found in…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2023-05-03 Ana Laura Boscolo , Valdir Barbosa da Silva Junior , Luiz Antonio Barreiro