TY - JOUR
T1 - Field-induced dispersion in subdiffusion
AU - Sokolov, I. M.
AU - Klafter, J.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - We discuss the response of continuous-time random walks to an oscillating external field within the generalized master equation approach. We concentrate on the time dependence of the two first moments of the walker†™s displacement. We show that for power-law waiting-time distributions with 0<α<1 corresponding to a semi-Markovian situation showing nonstationarity, the mean particle position tends to a constant; namely, the response to the external perturbation dies out. On the other hand, the oscillating field leads to a new additional contribution to the dispersion of the particle position, proportional to the square of its amplitude and growing with time. These new effects, amenable to experimental observation, result directly from the nonstationary property of the system.
AB - We discuss the response of continuous-time random walks to an oscillating external field within the generalized master equation approach. We concentrate on the time dependence of the two first moments of the walker†™s displacement. We show that for power-law waiting-time distributions with 0<α<1 corresponding to a semi-Markovian situation showing nonstationarity, the mean particle position tends to a constant; namely, the response to the external perturbation dies out. On the other hand, the oscillating field leads to a new additional contribution to the dispersion of the particle position, proportional to the square of its amplitude and growing with time. These new effects, amenable to experimental observation, result directly from the nonstationary property of the system.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.140602
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.140602
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AN - SCOPUS:33749485301
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 97
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 14
M1 - 140602
ER -