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In this paper, we derive the time-fractional Cahn-Hilliard equation from continuum mixture theory with a modification of Fick's law of diffusion. This model describes the process of phase separation with nonlocal memory effects. We analyze…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-10 Marvin Fritz , Mabel L. Rajendran , Barbara Wohlmuth

A model for diffusion in liquids that couples the dynamics of tracer particles to a fluctuating Stokes equation for the fluid is investigated in the limit of large Schmidt number. In this limit, the concentration of tracers is shown to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-04-03 A. Donev , T. G. Fai , and E. Vanden-Eijnden

We present a finite element approach for diffusion problems with thermal fluctuations based on a fluctuating hydrodynamics model. The governing transport equations are stochastic partial differential equations with a fluctuating forcing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-21 P. Martínez-Lera , M. De Corato

Distributed order fractional Langevin-like equations are introduced and applied to describe anomalous diffusion without unique diffusion or scaling exponent. It is shown that these fractional Langevin equations of distributed order can be…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-01-16 C. H. Eab , S. C. Lim

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

In a fractional Cauchy problem, the usual first order time derivative is replaced by a fractional derivative. This problem was first considered by \citet{nigmatullin}, and \citet{zaslavsky} in $\mathbb R^d$ for modeling some physical…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-11-29 Erkan Nane

If a point particle moves chaotically through a periodic array of scatterers the associated transport coefficients are typically irregular functions under variation of control parameters. For a piecewise linear two-parameter map we analyze…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Klages , T. Klauss

Application of fractional calculus to the description of anomalous diffusion and relaxation processes in complex media provided one of the most impressive impulses to the development of statistical physics during the last decade. In…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-11-13 A. E. Sitnitsky

Transport phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and known to be important for various scientific domains. Examples can be found in physics, electrochemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, physiology, etc. To obtain new information about diffusive…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Denis S. Grebenkov

This paper deals with the investigation of the computational solutions of an unified fractional reaction-diffusion equation, which is obtained from the standard diffusion equation by replacing the time derivative of first order by the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-10-05 R. K. Saxena , A. M. Mathai , H. J. Haubold

As well known, the generalized Langevin equation with a memory kernel decreasing at large times as an inverse power law of time describes the motion of an anomalously diffusing particle. Here, we focus attention on some new aspects of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-05-27 Noëlle Pottier

We present a framework for systems in which diffusion-advection transport of a tracer substance in a mobile zone is interrupted by trapping in an immobile zone. Our model unifies different model approaches based on distributed-order…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-04-05 T. J. Doerries , A. V. Chechkin , R. Schumer , R. Metzler

We consider a continuous random walk model for describing normal as well as anomalous diffusion of particles subjected to an external force when these particles diffuse in a uniformly expanding (or contracting) medium. A general equation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-10-17 F. Le Vot , S. B. Yuste

In a recent paper, Saxena et al. [1] developed the solutions of three generalized fractional kinetic equations in terms of Mittag-Leffler functions. The object of the present paper is to further derive the solution of further generalized…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. K. Saxena , A. M. Mathai , H. J. Haubold

We investigate the existence, uniqueness, and $L^1$-contractivity of weak solutions to a porous medium equation with fractional diffusion on an evolving hypersurface. To settle the existence, we reformulate the equation as a local problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-01-22 Amal Alphonse , Charles M. Elliott

A ubiquitous observation in cell biology is that diffusion of macromolecules and organelles is anomalous, and a description simply based on the conventional diffusion equation with diffusion constants measured in dilute solution fails. This…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-03-14 Felix Höfling , Thomas Franosch

We derive a fundamental solution $\mathscr{E}$ to a space-fractional diffusion problem on the half-line. The equation involves the Caputo derivative. We establish properties of $\mathscr{E}$ as well as formulas for solutions to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Tokinaga Namba , Piotr Rybka , Shoichi Sato

In this paper, we discuss initial-boundary value problems for linear diffusion equation with multiple time-fractional derivatives. By means of the Mittag-Leffler function and the eigenfunction expansion, we reduce the problem to an integral…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-11-12 Zhiyuan Li , Masahiro Yamamoto

The anomalous (i.e. non-Gaussian) dynamics of particles subject to a deterministic acceleration and a series of 'random kicks' is studied. Based on an extension of the concept of continuous time random walks to position-velocity space, a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Friedrich , F. Jenko , A. Baule , S. Eule

The time-fractional convection-diffusion equation is performed by Lie symmetry analysis method which involves the Riemann-Liouville time-fractional derivative of the order $\alpha\in(0,2)$. In eight cases, the symmetries are obtained and…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-12-09 Junjun Zhang , Jun Zhang