Abstract
We study numerically quantum diffusion of a particle on small-world networks by integrating the time-dependent Schrödinger equation with a localized initial state. The participation ratio, which corresponds to the number of visited sites in the case of classical diffusion, as a function of time is measured and the corresponding diffusion time, is computed. In a local regular network, i.e., in the network with the rewiring probability the diffusion time depends on the network size N as while the behavior is observed as p becomes finite. Such fast diffusion of a particle on a complex network suggests that the small-world transition is also the fast-world transition from a dynamic point of view. The classical diffusion behavior is also studied and compared with the quantum behavior.
- Received 30 March 2003
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.014304
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