Non-Markovian random walks and nonlinear reactions: Subdiffusion and propagating fronts

Sergei Fedotov
Phys. Rev. E 81, 011117 – Published 13 January 2010

Abstract

The main aim of the paper is to incorporate the nonlinear kinetic term into non-Markovian transport equations described by a continuous time random walk (CTRW) with nonexponential waiting time distributions. We consider three different CTRW models with reactions. We derive nonlinear Master equations for the mesoscopic density of reacting particles corresponding to CTRW with arbitrary jump and waiting time distributions. We apply these equations to the problem of front propagation in the reaction-transport systems with Kolmogorov-Petrovskii-Piskunov kinetics and anomalous diffusion. We have found an explicit expression for the speed of a propagating front in the case of subdiffusive transport.

  • Received 5 September 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.81.011117

©2010 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Sergei Fedotov

  • School of Mathematics, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom

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Vol. 81, Iss. 1 — January 2010

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