Lévy statistics in a Hamiltonian system

J. Klafter and G. Zumofen
Phys. Rev. E 49, 4873 – Published 1 June 1994
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Abstract

Enhanced diffusion in a Hamiltonian system is studied in terms of the continuous-time random walk formulation for Lévy walks. The previous Lévy-walk scheme is extended (i) to include interruptions by periods of temporal localization and (ii) to describe motion in two dimensions. We analyze a case of conservative motion in a two-dimensional periodic potential. Numerical calculations of the mean-squared displacements and the propagators for intermediate energies are consistent with the Lévy-walk description.

  • Received 9 February 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.49.4873

©1994 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J. Klafter and G. Zumofen

  • School of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
  • Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zentrum, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland

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Vol. 49, Iss. 6 — June 1994

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