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  • Physics
  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Complex Systems

Background:

  • Anomalous diffusion phenomena are observed across diverse length scales, from intracellular processes to astrophysical systems.
  • Understanding the universal properties of these phenomena is crucial for various scientific disciplines.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To derive and analyze the decay of the probability density function of rescaled displacement in anomalous diffusion.
  • To investigate the implications of this decay for universal singularities in the normalized cumulant generator.
  • To explore the connection between these singularities and second-order phase transitions.

Main Methods:

  • Derivation of a specific decay form for the scaling function at large arguments.
  • Exact calculations for continuous time random walks (CTRWs).
  • Analysis of biased diffusion cases.

Main Results:

  • A specific decay form of the scaling function implies universal singularities in the normalized cumulant generator.
  • Continuous time random walks provide exact examples linked to second-order phase transition singularities.
  • In biased diffusion, scaling is confined to the drift direction, and singularities lack equilibrium analogues.

Conclusions:

  • The study reveals universal mathematical properties of anomalous diffusion, connecting it to fundamental concepts in statistical mechanics.
  • The findings provide a theoretical framework for understanding anomalous transport phenomena.
  • The distinction between unbiased and biased cases highlights unique characteristics of directed anomalous diffusion.