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Aging in mortal superdiffusive Lévy walkers.

¹School of Mathematics, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.

Physical Review. E

|January 20, 2018

Summary

Finite lifetimes of mortal walkers affect their movement patterns. Comparing mean squared displacement with front velocity helps distinguish natural death from experimental artifacts in single-particle tracking studies.

Area of Science:

Physics
Biophysics
Statistical Mechanics

Background:

Single-particle tracking (SPT) studies often analyze particle movement (Lévy walkers).
Existing research focuses on pre-measurement aging effects on particle motion.
The finite lifetime of observed particles (mortal walkers) is often overlooked.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of finite lifetimes on the motility of mortal walkers.
To differentiate between natural particle death and experimental artifacts in SPT.
To provide a method for classifying random walker running time distributions.

Main Methods:

Analysis of mean squared displacement (MSD) for mortal walkers.
Comparison of MSD with the front velocity of walker propagation.

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Main Results:

The front velocity of walker propagation is invariant under time lags.
The mean squared displacement (MSD) of mortal walkers is tempered by the stopping rate (θ).
This tempering provides a physical basis for truncated heavy-tailed diffusion processes.

Conclusions:

Finite walker lifetimes significantly influence observed diffusion patterns.
The MSD tempering by stopping rate offers a tool to classify walker behavior.
Misinterpretation of superdiffusive motion as Brownian or subdiffusive can occur due to aging effects.