Limit properties of periodic one dimensional hopping model

Abstract

Periodic one dimensional hopping model is useful to study the motion of microscopic particles, which lie in thermal noise environment. The mean velocity $V_N$ and diffusion constant $D_N$ of this model have been obtained by Bernard Derrida [J. Stat. Phys. 31 (1983) 433]. In this research, we will give the limits $V_D$ and $D_D$ of $V_N$ and $D_N$ as the number $N$ of mechanochemical sates in one period tends to infinity by formal calculation. It is well known that the stochastic motion of microscopic particles also can be described by overdamped Langevin dynamics and Fokker-Planck equation. Up to now, the corresponding formulations of mean velocity and effective diffusion coefficient, $V_L$ and $D_L$ in the framework of Langevin dynamics and $V_P, D_P$ in the framework of Fokker-Planck equation, have also been known. In this research, we will find that the formulations $V_D$ and $V_L, V_P$ are theoretically equivalent, and numerical comparison indicates that $D_D, D_L$, and $D_P$ are almost the same. Through the discussion in this research, we also can know more about the relationship between the one dimensional hopping model and Fokker-Planck equation.