Diffusion in a periodic potential with a local perturbation |
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Authors: | K Golden S Goldstein J L Lebowitz |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, 08903 New Brunswick, New Jersey;(2) Present address: Department of Mathematics, Princeton University, 08544 Princeton, New Jersey;(3) Department of Physics, Rutgers University, 08903 New Brunswick, New Jersey |
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Abstract: | We consider the diffusion of a particle at Xt in a drift field derived from a smooth potential of the formV+B, whereV is periodic andB is a bump of compact support. With no bump,B=0, the mean squared displacementE(t) E |X
t
– X0|2 =D(V)t +C +O(e
– t
), >0, in any dimension. WhenB 0, we establish in one dimension the asymptotic expansion
, ![agr](/content/r738t30517128778/xxlarge945.gif) 0, ast![rarr](/content/r738t30517128778/xxlarge8594.gif) . Our analysis relies on the Nash estimates developed in previous work for the transition density of the process and their consequences for the analytic structure,of the Laplace transform
ofE(t). |
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Keywords: | Diffusion periodic potential local perturbation Nash estimates mean squared displacement velocity autocorrelation function |
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