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Lévy walk dynamics in mixed potentials from the perspective of random walk theory
Tian Zhou1, Pengbo Xu1, Weihua Deng1
1School of Mathematics and Statistics, Gansu Key Laboratory of Applied Mathematics and Complex Systems, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Lévy walk process is one of the most effective models to describe superdiffusion, which underlies some important movement patterns and has been widely observed in micro- and macrodynamics. From the perspective of random walk theory, here we investigate the dynamics of Lévy walks under the influences of the constant force field and the one combined with harmonic potential. Utilizing Hermite polynomial approximation to deal with the spatiotemporally coupled analysis challenges, some striking features are detected, including non-Gaussian stationary distribution, faster diffusion, still strongly anomalous diffusion, etc.
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