MULTIFRACTAL SCALING OF MOMENTS OF MEAN FIRST-PASSAGE TIME IN THE PRESENCE OF SINAI DISORDER

Citation
Kpn. Murthy et al., MULTIFRACTAL SCALING OF MOMENTS OF MEAN FIRST-PASSAGE TIME IN THE PRESENCE OF SINAI DISORDER, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 53(1), 1996, pp. 444-449
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
53
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Part
A
Pages
444 - 449
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1996)53:1<444:MSOMOM>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We consider mean first-passage time (MFPT) of random walks from one en d to the other of a segment of a Sinai lattice. In the limit of the le ngth of the lattice segment going to infinity, the distribution of MFP T over Sinai disorder has unbounded moments. We present a multifractal characterization of the distribution. We derive an analytical express ion for the fractal dimension as a function of the strength of the dis order. We demonstrate that the multifractality of the limiting distrib ution manifests itself as self-similar fluctuations of the MFPT from o ne disorder configuration to the other.