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Prolongating our previous paper on the Einstein relation, we study the motion of a particle diffusing in a random reversible environment when subject to a small external forcing. In order to describe the long time behavior of the particle,…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-06-25 Pierre Mathieu , Andrey Piatnitski

A vibrational model of transport properties of dense fluids assumes that solid-like oscillations of atoms around their temporary equilibrium positions dominate the dynamical picture. The temporary equilibrium positions of atoms do not form…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-01-09 Sergey Khrapak

We study a reaction-diffusion process that involves two species of atoms, immobile and diffusing. We assume that initially only immobile atoms, uniformly distributed throughout the entire space, are present. Diffusing atoms are injected at…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-07-18 P. L. Krapivsky

A general theory of nucleation for colloids and macromolecules in solution is formulated within the context of fluctuating hydrodynamics. A formalism for the determination of nucleation pathways is developed and stochastic differential…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-01-23 James F. Lutsko

The particle diffusion in a fluid is a classical topic that dates back to more than one century ago. However, a full solution to this issue still lacks. In this work the velocity autocorrelation function and the diffusion constant are…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-08-03 Hanqing Zhao , Hong Zhao

We study the generalized Langevin equation approach to anomalous diffusion for a harmonic oscillator and a free particle driven by different forms of internal noises, such as power-law-correlated and distributed-order noises that fulfil…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-09-01 Z. Tomovski , K. Gorska , T. Pietrzak , R. Metzler , T. Sandev

The microscopic theory of atomic diffusion kinetics is used for f.c.c. substitutional solid solutions. Within this approach, the short-range order relaxation is due to the atomic migration. Experimental data on the time dependence of…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-06-12 T. M. Radchenko , V. A. Tatarenko , S. M. Bokoch , M. P. Kulish

The problem of the molecular diffusion in a biphasic fluid mixture is studied here from the two complementary points of view of Continuum Mechanics - in a somewhat different manner from Truesdell in "Mechanical basis of diffusion" (J. Chem.…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-05-12 Thierry Désoyer

Bounce-averaged theories provide a framework for simulating relatively slow processes, such as collisional transport and quasilinear diffusion, by averaging these processes over the fast periodic motions of a particle on a closed orbit.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-07-02 I. E. Ochs

Cold atoms, loaded into an optical lattice with double-well sites, are considered. Pseudospin representation for an effective Hamiltonian is derived. The system in equilibrium displays two phases, ordered and disordered. The second-order…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. I. Yukalov , E. P. Yukalova

We theoretically study the propagation of light through a cold atomic medium, where the effects of motion, laser intensity, atomic density, and polarization can all modify the properties of the scattered light. We present two different…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 Bihui Zhu , John Cooper , Jun Ye , Ana Maria Rey

Deviations from the perfect atomic arrangements in crystals play an important role in affecting their properties. Similarly, diffusion of such deviations is behind many microstructural changes in solids. However, observation of point defect…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-07-28 Jani Kotakoski , Clemens Mangler , Jannik C. Meyer

The transport equation of active motion is generalised to consider time-fractional dynamics for describing the anomalous diffusion of self-propelled particles observed in many different systems. In the present study, we consider an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-10-27 Francisco J. Sevilla , Guillermo Chacón-Acosta , Trifce Sandev

The transfer-matrix method is a standard approach to wave propagation in stratified media. With the advent of cold-atom-based quantum and photonic technologies, several experiments and many proposals consider light propagation in…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-01-22 Igor M. Sokolov , William Guerin

The calculation of the discrete atomistic energy of a crystal near the continuum limit encounters difficulties caused by the geometric discrepancy between the continuum region occupied by the body, and the discrete collection of lattice…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-05-06 Phoebus Rosakis

We study the dynamics of an infinite regular lattice of classical charged oscillators. Each individual oscillator is described as a point particle subject to a harmonic restoring potential, to the retarded electromagnetic field generated by…

Optics · Physics 2010-05-12 M. Marino , A. Carati , L. Galgani

We reconsider model II of [J. Chem. Phys. 1968, 49, 1778--1783], a two-dimensional lattice-gas system featuring a crystalline phase and two distinct fluid phases (liquid and vapor). In this system, a particle prevents other particles from…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-04-01 Santi Prestipino , Gabriele Costa

Building upon the classical chemo-mechanical theory of Larch{\'e} and Cahn for equilibrium, numerous studies have investigated the transport of species in solids, with or without trapping phenomena. In most applications -- such as the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-12-24 Alberto Salvadori , Mattia Serpelloni , Robert M. McMeeking

We examine here the classical dynamics of cold atoms in square optical lattices, i.e. lattices obtained with two orthogonal stationary plane waves. Contrary to much of the past studies in this domain, the potential is here time independent…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Daniel Hennequin , Philippe Verkerk

We study the continuum limit in 2+1 dimensions of nanoscale anisotropic diffusion processes on crystal surfaces relaxing to become flat below roughening. Our main result is a continuum law for the surface flux in terms of a new…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 John Quah , Dionisios Margetis