Strong anomaly in diffusion generated by iterated maps

Citation
J. Drager et J. Klafter, Strong anomaly in diffusion generated by iterated maps, PHYS REV L, 84(26), 2000, pp. 5998-6001
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
26
Year of publication
2000
Pages
5998 - 6001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20000626)84:26<5998:SAIDGB>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We investigate the diffusion generated deterministically by periodic iterat ed maps that are defined by x(1+1) = x(t) + ax(t)(z) exp[-(b/x(t))(z-1)], z > 1. It is shown that the obtained mean squared displacement grows asympto tically as sigma(2)(t) similar to ln(l/(z-1))(t) and that the corresponding propagator decays exponentially with the scaling variable \ x \/root sigma (2)(t). This strong diffusional anomaly stems from the anomalously bread di stribution of waiting times in the corresponding random walk process and le ads to a behavior obtained for diffusion in the presence of random local fi elds. A scaling approach is introduced which connects the explicit form of the maps to the mean squared displacement.