Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: In a very long Gaussian polymer on time scales shorter than the maximal relaxation time, the mean squared distance traveled by a tagged monomer grows as approximately t(1/2) . We analyze such subdiffusive behavior in the presence of one or two absorbing boundaries and demonstrate the differences between this process and the subdiffusion described by the fractional Fokker-Planck equation. In particular, we show that the mean absorption time of diffuser between two absorbing boundaries is finite. Our results restrict the form of the effective dispersion equation that may describe such subdiffusive processes.
Source: Physical Review E
Authors: Yacov Kantor, Mehran Kardar
Institutions: Tel Aviv University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Modeling and Simulation
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2015877953