arXiv · 1008.1187
Origin of hyperdiffusion in generalized Brownian motion
Abstract
We study a minimal non-Markovian model of superdiffusion which originates from long-range velocity correlations within the generalized Langevin equation (GLE) approach. The model allows for a three-dimensional Markovian embedding. The emergence of a transient hyperdiffusion, $< Δx^2(t)> \propto t^{2+λ}$, with $λ\sim 1-3$ is detected in tilted washboard potentials before it ends up in a ballistic asymptotic regime. We relate this phenomenon to a transient heating of particles $T_{\rm kin}(t)\propto t^λ$ from the thermal bath temperature $T$ to some maximal kinetic temperature $T_{\rm max}$. This hyperdiffusive transient regime ceases when the particles arrive at the maximal kinetic temperature.
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P. Siegle, I. Goychuk, P. Hanggi. 2010-08-09. Origin of hyperdiffusion in generalized Brownian motion. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.105.100602
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