First passage time distribution for anomalous diffusion

Govindan, Rangarajan and Mingzhou, Ding (2000) First passage time distribution for anomalous diffusion. In: Physics Letters A, 273 (5-6). pp. 322-330.

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Abstract

We study the first passage time (FPT) problem in Levy type of anomalous diffusion. Using the recently formulated fractional Fokker–Planck equation, we obtain an analytic expression for the FPT distribution which, in the large passage time limit, is characterized by a universal power law. Contrasting this power law with the asymptotic FPT distribution from another type of anomalous diffusion exemplified by the fractional Brownian motion, we show that the two types of anomalous diffusions give rise to two distinct scaling behavior. PACS: 05.40.-a; 05.40.Jc; 05.45.Df

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physics Letters A
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Theoretical Studies (Ceased to exist at the end of 2003) Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	13 Sep 2006
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:30
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/8155

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