We study the Einstein relation between diffusion and response to an external field in systems showing superdiffusion. In particular, we investigate a continuous time Levy walk where the velocity remains constant for a time tau with distribution P-tau(tau) similar to tau(-g). At varying g the diffusion can be standard or anomalous; in spite of this, if in the unperturbed system a current is absent, the Einstein relation holds. In the case where a current is present the scenario is more complicated and the usual Einstein relation fails. This suggests that the main ingredient for the breaking of the Einstein relation is not the anomalous diffusion but the presence of a mean drift (current).

Einstein relation in superdiffusive systems / G., Gradenigo; A., Sarracino; D., Villamaina; Vulpiani, Angelo. - In: JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT. - ISSN 1742-5468. - 2012:06(2012), p. L06001. [10.1088/1742-5468/2012/06/l06001]

Einstein relation in superdiffusive systems

VULPIANI, Angelo
2012

Abstract

We study the Einstein relation between diffusion and response to an external field in systems showing superdiffusion. In particular, we investigate a continuous time Levy walk where the velocity remains constant for a time tau with distribution P-tau(tau) similar to tau(-g). At varying g the diffusion can be standard or anomalous; in spite of this, if in the unperturbed system a current is absent, the Einstein relation holds. In the case where a current is present the scenario is more complicated and the usual Einstein relation fails. This suggests that the main ingredient for the breaking of the Einstein relation is not the anomalous diffusion but the presence of a mean drift (current).
2012
stochastic particle dynamics (theory); driven diffusive systems (theory); transport processes/heat transfer (theory); current fluctuations
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Einstein relation in superdiffusive systems / G., Gradenigo; A., Sarracino; D., Villamaina; Vulpiani, Angelo. - In: JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT. - ISSN 1742-5468. - 2012:06(2012), p. L06001. [10.1088/1742-5468/2012/06/l06001]
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