中国物理B ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (3): 38701-038701.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/3/038701

• INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS AND RELATED AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY • 上一篇    下一篇

Ballistic diffusion induced by non-Gaussian noise

覃莉, 李强   

  1. College of Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
  • 收稿日期:2012-07-10 修回日期:2012-09-14 出版日期:2013-02-01 发布日期:2013-02-01
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the Research Start-up Foundation for Young Teachers of Northwest A&F University of China (Grant No. Z111020904).

Ballistic diffusion induced by non-Gaussian noise

Qin Li (覃莉), Li Qiang (李强)   

  1. College of Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
  • Received:2012-07-10 Revised:2012-09-14 Online:2013-02-01 Published:2013-02-01
  • Contact: Qin Li E-mail:qinli@nwsuaf.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the Research Start-up Foundation for Young Teachers of Northwest A&F University of China (Grant No. Z111020904).

摘要: In this letter, we have analyzed diffusive behavior of a Brownian particle subject to both internal Gaussian thermal and external non-Gaussian noise sources. We discuss two time correlation functions C(t) of the non-Gaussian stochastic process, and find that they depend on the parameter q, indicating the departure of the non-Gaussian noise from Gaussian behavior: for q≤1, C(t) is fitted very well by the first-order exponentially decaying curve and approaches zero in the long-time limit, whereas for q>1, C(t) can be approximated by a second-order exponentially decaying function and converges to a non-zero constant. Due to the properties of C(t), the particle exhibits a normal diffusion for q≤1, while for q>1 the non-Gaussian noise induces a ballistic diffusion, i.e., long-time mean square displacement of the free particle reads 〈[x(t)-〈x(t)〉]2〉∞t2.

关键词: non-Gaussian noise, ballistic diffusion, correlation function

Abstract: In this letter, we have analyzed diffusive behavior of a Brownian particle subject to both internal Gaussian thermal and external non-Gaussian noise sources. We discuss two time correlation functions C(t) of the non-Gaussian stochastic process, and find that they depend on the parameter q, indicating the departure of the non-Gaussian noise from Gaussian behavior: for q≤1, C(t) is fitted very well by the first-order exponentially decaying curve and approaches zero in the long-time limit, whereas for q>1, C(t) can be approximated by a second-order exponentially decaying function and converges to a non-zero constant. Due to the properties of C(t), the particle exhibits a normal diffusion for q≤1, while for q>1 the non-Gaussian noise induces a ballistic diffusion, i.e., long-time mean square displacement of the free particle reads 〈[x(t)-〈x(t)〉]2〉∞t2.

Key words: non-Gaussian noise, ballistic diffusion, correlation function

中图分类号:  (Diffusion)

  • 87.15.Vv
05.40.Ca (Noise) 02.60.Cb (Numerical simulation; solution of equations)