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Conventional approaches for simulating steady-state distributions of particles under diffusive and advective transport at high P\'eclet numbers involve solving the diffusion and advection equations in at least two dimensions. Here, we…

In the classical transport theory, the coefficients such as the diffusion, thermal conductivity and viscosity of fluid are usually expressed in a form proportional to the mean free path of molecules. We point out that this may cause a great…

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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

A reduced 1D model describing the non-linear hybrid LIGKA/HAGIS simulations was developed and successfully tested in [Carlevaro et al. PPCF 64, 035010 (2022)] addressing the ITER 15MA baseline scenario. In this paper, we introduce a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-09-20 Nakia Carlevaro , Matteo V. Falessi , Giovanni Montani , Philipp Lauber

The diffusion in two dimensions of non-interacting active particles that follow an arbitrary motility pattern is considered for analysis. Accordingly, the transport equation is generalized to take into account an arbitrary distribution of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-09-01 Francisco J. Sevilla

Diffusion and rectification of Brownian particles powered by a rotating wheel are numerically investigated in a two-dimensional channel. The nonequilibrium driving comes from the rotating wheel, which can break thermodynamical equilibrium…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-07-24 Bao-quan Ai

The transport of charged energetic particles in the presence of strong intermittent heliospheric turbulence is computationally analyzed based on known properties of the interplanetary magnetic field and solar wind plasma at 1 Astronomical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Fathallah Alouani-Bibi , Jakobus A. le Roux

In this paper we investigate the transport of energetic particles in turbulent plasmas. A numerical approach is used to simulate the effect of the background plasma on the motion of energetic protons. The background plasma is in a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 M. Wisniewski , F. Spanier , R. Kissmann

Recent advances in both the MHD turbulence theory and cosmic ray observations call for revisions in the paradigm of cosmic ray transport. We use the models of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence that were tested in numerical simulation, in which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-12-02 Huirong Yan , Siyao Xu

We consider the motion of an underdamped Brownian particle in a tilted periodic potential in a wide temperature range. Based on the previous data [1] and the new simulation results we show that the underdamped motion of particles in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-07-17 I. G. Marchenko , I. I. Marchenko , A. V. Zhiglo

One key issue in the probability density function (PDF) approach for disperse two-phase turbulent flows is to close the diffusion term in the phase space. This study aimed to derive a kinetic equation for particle dispersion in turbulent…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-07-15 De-yu Zhong , Guang-qian Wang , Tie-jian Li , Ming-xi Zhang , You Xia

We present the results of a numerical investigation of charged-particle transport across a synthesized magnetic configuration composed of a constant homogeneous background field and a multiscale perturbation component simulating an effect…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Francesco Chiaravalloti , Alexander V. Milovanov , Gaetano Zimbardo

Overdamped motion of Brownian particles in tilted piecewise linear periodic potentials is considered. Explicit algebraic expressions for the diffusion coefficient, current, and coherence level of Brownian transport are derived. Their…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Els Heinsalu , Risto Tammelo , Teet Ord

The motion of self-propelled particles is modeled as a persistent random walk. An analytical framework is developed that allows the derivation of exact expressions for the time evolution of arbitrary moments of the persistent walk's…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-07-28 Zeinab Sadjadi , M. Reza Shaebani , Heiko Rieger , Ludger Santen

We formulate a new model for transport in stochastic media with long-range spatial correlations where exponential attenuation (controlling the propagation part of the transport) becomes power law. Direct transmission over optical distance…

Optics · Physics 2021-07-13 Anthony B. Davis , Feng Xu

The basics of focused transport as applied to solar energetic particles are reviewed, paying special attention to areas of common misconception. The micro-physics of charged particles interacting with slab turbulence are investigated to…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-12-15 J. P. van den Berg , R. D. Strauss , F. Effenberger

The motion of contaminant particles through complex environments such as fractured rocks or porous sediments is often characterized by anomalous diffusion: the spread of the transported quantity is found to grow sublinearly in time due to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Marseguerra , A. Zoia

A new approach to the modeling of nonfree particle diffusion is presented. The approach uses a general setup based on geometric graphs (networks of curves), which means that particle diffusion in anything from arrays of barriers and pore…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-04-05 Niels Buhl

The diffusion limit of the linear Boltzmann equation with a strong magnetic field is performed. The giration period of particles around the magnetic field is assumed to be much smaller than the collision relaxation time which is supposed to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-05-31 Naoufel Ben Abdallah , Raymond El Hajj

In the full-orbit particle simulations of energetic particle transport in plasmas, the plasma turbulence is typically described as a homogeneous superposition of linear Fourier modes. The turbulence evolution is, however, typically a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-03 Timo Laitinen , Silvia Dalla , James Kelly