
arXiv: 1107.0884
We investigate the diffusion of particles in an attractive one-dimensional potential that grows logarithmically for large $|x|$ using the Fokker-Planck equation. An eigenfunction expansion shows that the Boltzmann equilibrium density does not fully describe the long time limit of this problem. Instead this limit is characterized by an infinite covariant density. This non-normalizable density yields the mean square displacement of the particles, which for a certain range of parameters exhibits anomalous diffusion. In a symmetric potential with an asymmetric initial condition, the average position decays anomalously slowly. This problem also has applications outside the thermal context, as in the diffusion of the momenta of atoms in optical molasses.
Schrödinger operator, Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech), Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph), Infinitely divisible distributions; stable distributions, Fokker-Planck equation, FOS: Physical sciences, Boltzmann equilibrium, infinite covariant density, Physics - Atomic Physics, decay of probability distributions, Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics, logarithmic potentials, asymptotic anomalies, Diffusion processes, Fokker-Planck equations, Markov semigroups and applications to diffusion processes, eigenfunction expansions, Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
Schrödinger operator, Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech), Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph), Infinitely divisible distributions; stable distributions, Fokker-Planck equation, FOS: Physical sciences, Boltzmann equilibrium, infinite covariant density, Physics - Atomic Physics, decay of probability distributions, Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics, logarithmic potentials, asymptotic anomalies, Diffusion processes, Fokker-Planck equations, Markov semigroups and applications to diffusion processes, eigenfunction expansions, Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
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