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Area of Science:

  • Physics
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Statistical Mechanics

Background:

  • Random search walks are fundamental in understanding diffusion and transport phenomena.
  • The behavior of searchers in confined spaces with absorbing boundaries is crucial for various applications.
  • Existing models often simplify step distributions, limiting their applicability to complex search scenarios.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate random search walks in two-dimensional (2D) space bounded by concentric absorbing annuli.
  • To derive analytical and approximate expressions for search efficiency (η) using power-law step distributions.
  • To analyze absorbing probabilities and Shannon entropy in relation to search dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Analytical derivation of search efficiency (η) in the ballistic limit.
  • Approximation of η for searches starting far from boundaries.
  • Numerical analysis of absorbing probabilities and Shannon entropy.
  • Investigation of scaling behavior for small initial distances to the inner ring.

Main Results:

  • Exact analytical result for search efficiency (η) in the ballistic limit.
  • Approximate expression for η in the far-field regime.
  • Numerical results show good agreement with theoretical findings.
  • Power-law exponent for equiprobability and maximum entropy grows logarithmically with starting distance.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides a comprehensive theoretical and numerical analysis of random search walks with power-law step distributions in 2D annular domains.
  • The findings offer valuable insights into search efficiency and boundary interaction dynamics.
  • This work serves as a mean-field approach to complex 2D search problems with significant real-world applications.