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Age-dependent Dynamics of Locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans: A Lyapunov Exponent Analysis
Published on: September 23, 2025
Linear and nonlinear response in the aging regime of the one-dimensional trap model
1Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Service de Physique de l'Etat Condensé, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
Abstract:
We investigate the behavior of the response function in the one-dimensional trap model using scaling arguments that we confirm by numerical simulations. We study the average position of the random walk at time t(w)+t, given that a small bias h is applied at time t(w). Several scaling regimes are found, depending on the relative values of t, t(w), and h. Comparison with the diffusive motion in the absence of bias allows us to show that the fluctuation-dissipation relation is valid even in the aging regime, at least for times such that linear response is obeyed. However, for sufficiently long times, the response always becomes nonlinear in h.
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