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Langevin picture of Lévy walk in a constant force field
Yao Chen1, Xudong Wang1, Weihua Deng1
1School of Mathematics and Statistics, Gansu Key Laboratory of Applied Mathematics and Complex Systems, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P.R. China.
Abstract:
Lévy walk is a practical model and has wide applications in various fields. Here we focus on the effect of an external constant force on the Lévy walk with the exponent of the power-law-distributed flight time α∈(0,2). We add the term Fη(s) [η(s) is the Lévy noise] on a subordinated Langevin system to characterize such a constant force, as it is effective on the velocity process for all physical time after the subordination. We clearly show the effect of the constant force F on this Langevin system and find this system is like the continuous limit of the collision model. The first moments of velocity processes for these two models are consistent. In particular, based on the velocity correlation function derived from our subordinated Langevin equation, we investigate more interesting statistical quantities, such as the ensemble- and time-averaged mean-squared displacements. Under the influence of constant force, the diffusion of particles becomes faster. Finally, the superballistic diffusion and the nonergodic behavior are verified by the simulations with different α.
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