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We study the nonlinear fractional reaction diffusion equation $\partial_{t}u + (-\Delta)^{s} u= f(t,x,u)$, $s\in(0,1)$ in a bounded domain $\Omega$ together with Dirichlet boundary conditions on $\R^N \setminus \Omega$. We prove asymptotic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-08-26 Sven Jarohs , Tobias Weth

The fractional Fokker-Planck equation (FFPE) [R. Metzler, E. Barkai, J. Klafter, Phys. Rev. Lett., 82, 3563 (1999)] describes an anomalous sub diffusive behavior of a particle in an external force field. In this paper we present the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Barkai

We study the statistical properties of overdamped particles driven by two cross-correlated multiplicative Gaussian white noises in a time-dependent environment. Using the Langevin and Fokker-Planck approaches, we derive the exact…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-16 S. I. Denisov , A. N. Vitrenko , W. Horsthemke , P. Hänggi

The molecular motion in heterogeneous media displays anomalous diffusion by the mean-squared displacement $\langle X^2(t) \rangle = 2 D t^\alpha$. Motivated by experiments reporting populations of the anomalous diffusion parameters $\alpha$…

Biological Physics · Physics 2025-10-09 Yann Lanoiselée , Gianni Pagnini , Agnieszka Wyłomańska

We are concerned with the short- and large-time behavior of the $L^2$-propagator norm of Fokker-Planck equations with linear drift, i.e. $\partial_t f=\mathrm{div}_{x}{(D \nabla_x f+Cxf)}$. With a coordinate transformation these equations…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-24 Anton Arnold , Christian Schmeiser , Beatrice Signorello

Let $n\ge 3$, $0<m<\frac{n-2}{n}$, $\eta>0$, $\eta_0>0$, $\rho_1>0$, $-\frac{\rho_1}{2}<\beta<\frac{m\rho_1}{n-2-nm}$ and $\alpha=\frac{2\beta+\rho_1}{1-m}$. We will prove the existence of radially symmetric solution of the equation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-02 Kin Ming Hui

By solving a master equation in the Sierpinski lattice and in a planar random-resistor network, we determine the scaling with size L of the shot noise power P due to elastic scattering in a fractal conductor. We find a power-law scaling P ~…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-05-01 C. W. Groth , J. Tworzydlo , C. W. J. Beenakker

In inhomogeneous environments, the correct expression of the diffusive flux is often not given by the Fick's law $\Gamma = - D \nabla n $. The most general hydrodynamic equation modelling diffusion is indeed the Fokker-Planck Equation…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-03-18 F. Sattin

We derive the fractional master equation with space dependent anomalous exponent. We analyze the asymptotic behavior of corresponding lattice model both analytically and by Monte Carlo simulation. We show that the subdiffusive fractional…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-03 Sergei Fedotov , Steven Falconer

We study a porous medium equation, with nonlocal diffusion effects given by an inverse fractional Laplacian operator. We pose the problem in n-dimensional space for all t>0 with bounded and compactly supported initial data, and prove…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-14 Luis A. Caffarelli , Juan L. Vazquez

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

This article presents a finite element scheme with Newton's method for solving the time-fractional nonlinear diffusion equation. For time discretization, we use the fractional Crank-Nicolson scheme based on backward Euler convolution…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-26 Dileep Kumar , Sudhakar Chaudhary , V. V. K Srinivas Kumar

The generalized diffusion equations with fractional order derivatives have shown be quite efficient to describe the diffusion in complex systems, with the advantage of producing exact expressions for the underlying diffusive properties.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-11-21 Angel A. Tateishi , Haroldo V. Ribeiro , Ervin K. Lenzi

This work establishes the existence and uniqueness of solutions to the fractional diffusion equation $$\frac{\partial^\alpha u}{\partial t^{\alpha}} + K(-\Delta)^{\beta} u - \nabla \cdot (\nabla V u) = f$$ on a $d$-dimensional torus,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-13 Thomas Hudson , Matthaeus Ragg

In this work, we consider the solvability of the Fokker-Planck equation with both time-dependent drift and diffusion coefficients by means of the similarity method. By the introduction of the similarity variable, the Fokker-Planck equation…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Wen-Tsan Lin , Choon-Lin Ho

We investigate the Cauchy problem and the diffusion asymptotics for a spatially inhomogeneous kinetic model associated to a nonlinear Fokker-Planck operator. We derive the global well-posedness result with instantaneous smoothness effect,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-03-13 Francesca Anceschi , Yuzhe Zhu

Let $\Omega$ be a domain in $\mathbb R^N$, where $N \ge 2$ and $\partial\Omega$ is not necessarily bounded. We consider nonlinear diffusion equations of the form $\partial_t u= \Delta \phi(u)$. Let $u=u(x,t)$ be the solution of either the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-08-10 Rolando Magnanini , Shigeru Sakaguchi

We experimentally study anomalous diffusion of ultra-cold atoms in a one dimensional polarization optical lattice. The atomic spatial distribution is recorded at different times and its dynamics and shape are analyzed. We find that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-05 Yoav Sagi , Miri Brook , Ido Almog , Nir Davidson

We discuss diffusion of particles in a spatially inhomogeneous medium. From the microscopic viewpoint we consider independent particles randomly evolving on a lattice. We show that the reversibility condition has a discrete geometric…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-11-14 Daniele Andreucci , Emilio N. M. Cirillo , Matteo Colangeli , Davide Gabrielli

Fractional Brownian motion (FBM), a non-Markovian self-similar Gaussian stochastic process with long-ranged correlations, represents a widely applied, paradigmatic mathematical model of anomalous diffusion. We report the results of…