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Variational principle for fractional kinetics and the Lévy Ansatz
1Department of Physical Engineering, Mie University, Mie 514-8507, Japan.
Abstract:
A variational principle is developed for fractional kinetics based on the auxiliary-field formalism. It is applied to the Fokker-Planck equation with spatiotemporal fractionality, and a variational solution is obtained with the help of the Lévy Ansatz. It is shown how the whole range from subdiffusion to superdiffusion is realized by the variational solution as a competing effect between the long waiting time and the long jump. The motion of the center of the probability distribution is also analyzed in the case of a periodic drift.
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