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 Physics , 2005, DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2006-00108-y Abstract: The one-dimensional overdamped Brownian motion in a symmetric periodic potential modulated by external time-reversible noise is analyzed. The calculation of the effective diffusion coefficient is reduced to the mean first passage time problem. We derive general equations to calculate the effective diffusion coefficient of Brownian particles moving in arbitrary supersymmetric potential modulated: (i) by external white Gaussian noise and (ii) by Markovian dichotomous noise. For both cases the exact expressions for the effective diffusion coefficient are derived. We obtain acceleration of diffusion in comparison with the free diffusion case for fast fluctuating potentials with arbitrary profile and for sawtooth potential in case (ii). In this case the parameter region where this effect can be observed is given. We obtain also a finite net diffusion in the absence of thermal noise. For rectangular potential the diffusion slows down in comparison with the case when particles diffuse freely, for all parameters of noise and of potential.
 Physics , 2010, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.061102 Abstract: Directed transport of overdamped Brownian particles driven by fractional Gaussian noises is investigated in asymmetrically periodic potentials. By using Langevin dynamics simulations, we find that rectified currents occur in the absence of any external driving forces. Unlike white Gaussian noises, fractional Gaussian noises can break thermodynamical equilibrium and induce directed transport. Remarkably, the average velocity for persistent fractional noise is opposite to that for anti-persistent fractional noise. The velocity increases monotonically with Hurst exponent for the persistent case, whereas there exists an optimal value of Hurst exponent at which the velocity takes its maximal value for the anti-persistent case.
 R. Tsekov Physics , 2009, Abstract: Quantum Brownian motion in a periodic cosine potential is studied and a simple estimate of the tunneling effect is obtained in the frames of a quasi-equilibrium semiclassical approach. It is shown that the latter is applicable for heavy particles but electrons cannot be described properly since the quantum effects dominate over the thermal ones. The purely quantum electron diffusion is investigated at zero temperature and demonstrates that electrons do not obey the classical Einstein law of Brownian motion in the field of periodic potentials, since the dispersion of the wave packet increases logarithmically in time.
 Physics , 2004, DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.04.016 Abstract: The problems of escape from metastable state in randomly flipping potential and of diffusion in fast fluctuating periodic potentials are considered. For the overdamped Brownian particle moving in a piecewise linear dichotomously fluctuating metastable potential we obtain the mean first-passage time (MFPT) as a function of the potential parameters, the noise intensity and the mean rate of switchings of the dichotomous noise. We find noise enhanced stability (NES) phenomenon in the system investigated and the parameter region of the fluctuating potential where the effect can be observed. For the diffusion of the overdamped Brownian particle in a fast fluctuating symmetric periodic potential we obtain that the effective diffusion coefficient depends on the mean first-passage time, as discovered for fixed periodic potential. The effective diffusion coefficients for sawtooth, sinusoidal and piecewise parabolic potentials are calculated in closed analytical form.
 Mathematics , 2012, Abstract: We are interested in the time asymptotic location of the level sets of solutions to Fisher-KPP reaction-diffusion equations with fractional diffusion in periodic media. We show that the speed of propagation is exponential in time, with a precise exponent depending on a periodic principal eigenvalue, and that it does not depend on the space direction. This is in contrast with the Freidlin-G\"artner formula for the standard Laplacian.
 Physics , 2009, Abstract: We consider the driven diffusion of Brownian particles in 1D periodic potentials using the recently proposed Stochastic Path Integral Hyperdynamics (SPHD) scheme [L.Y. Chen and L.J.M. Horing, J. Chem. Phys. {\bf 126}, 224103 (2007)]. First, we consider the case where a single Brownian particle is moving in a spatially periodic potential and subjected to an external ac driving force. We confirm that there is no stochastic resonance in this system and find that at higher frequencies the diffusion coefficient $D$ is strongly suppressed. The second case is that of a dimer moving in a periodic potential with a static bias. For this case, there's a strong suppression of $D$ when the dimer bond length is an integer multiple of the lattice constant of the potential. For both cases, we demonstrate how the SPHD allows us to extract the dynamical information exactly at different bias levels from a single simulation run, by calculating the corresponding statistical re-weighting factors.
 Physics , 2006, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.046133 Abstract: Anomalous transport in a tilted periodic potential is investigated numerically within the framework of the fractional Fokker-Planck dynamics via the underlying CTRW. An efficient numerical algorithm is developed which is applicable for an arbitrary potential. This algorithm is then applied to investigate the fractional current and the corresponding nonlinear mobility in different washboard potentials. Normal and fractional diffusion are compared through their time evolution of the probability density in state space. Moreover, we discuss the stationary probability density of the fractional current values.
 Physics , 2012, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.061135 Abstract: We investigate the dynamics of a single, overdamped colloidal particle, which is driven by a constant force through a one-dimensional periodic potential. We focus on systems with large barrier heights where the lowest-order cumulants of the density field, that is, average position and the mean-squared displacement, show nontrivial (non-diffusive) short-time behavior characterized by the appearance of plateaus. We demonstrate that this "cage-like" dynamics can be well described by a discretized master equation model involving two states (related to two positions) within each potential valley. Non-trivial predictions of our approach include analytic expressions for the plateau heights and an estimate of the "de-caging time" obtained from the study of deviations from Gaussian behaviour. The simplicity of our approach means that it offers a minimal model to describe the short-time behavior of systems with hindered dynamics.
 Physics , 2009, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.053606 Abstract: We study the behaviour of an ultracold atomic gas of bosons in a bichromatic lattice, where the weaker lattice is used as a source of disorder. We numerically solve a discretized mean-field equation, which generalizes the one-dimensional Aubry-Andr\`e model for particles in a quasi-periodic potential by including the interaction between atoms. We compare the results for commensurate and incommensurate lattices. We investigate the role of the initial shape of the wavepacket as well as the interplay between two competing effects of the interaction, namely self-trapping and delocalization. Our calculations show that, if the condensate initially occupies a single lattice site, the dynamics of the interacting gas is dominated by self-trapping in a wide range of parameters, even for weak interaction. Conversely, if the diffusion starts from a Gaussian wavepacket, self-trapping is significantly suppressed and the destruction of localization by interaction is more easily observable.
 Jun-Sheng Duan Advances in Mathematical Physics , 2013, DOI: 10.1155/2013/869484 Abstract: The periodic solution of fractional oscillation equation with periodic input is considered in this work. The fractional derivative operator is taken as , where the initial time is ; hence, initial conditions are not needed in the model of the present fractional oscillation equation. With the input of the harmonic oscillation, the solution is derived to be a periodic function of time t with the same circular frequency as the input, and the frequency of the solution is not affected by the system frequency c as is affected in the integer-order case. These results are similar to the case of a damped oscillation with a periodic input in the integer-order case. Properties of the periodic solution are discussed, and the fractional resonance frequency is introduced. 1. Introduction Fractional calculus has been used in the mathematical description of real problems arising in different fields of science. It covers the fields of viscoelasticity, anomalous diffusion, analysis of feedback amplifiers, capacitor theory, fractances, generalized voltage dividers, electrode-electrolyte interface models, fractional multipoles, fitting of experimental data, and so on [1–5]. Scientists and engineers became aware of the fact that the description of some phenomena is more accurate when the fractional derivative is used. In recent years, even fractional-order models of happiness [6] and love [7] have been developed, and they are claimed to give a better representation than the integer-order dynamical systems approach. The fractional differential and integral operators have been extensively applied to the field of viscoelasticity [8]. The use of fractional calculus for the mathematical modelling of viscoelastic materials is quite natural. The main reasons for the theoretical development are the wide use of polymers in various fields of engineering. The theorem of existence and uniqueness of solutions for fractional differential equations has been presented in [1, 2, 9, 10]. The theory and applications of fractional differential equations are much involved [1–5, 11–17]. Fractional oscillation equations were introduced and discussed by Caputo [18], Bagley and Torvik [19], Beyer and Kempfle [20], Mainardi [21], Gorenflo and Mainardi [22], and others. Fractional oscillators and fractional dynamical systems were investigated in [23–28]. Achar et al. [23] and Al-rabtah et al. [24] studied the response characteristics of the fractional oscillator. Li et al. [25] considered the impulse response and the stability behavior of a class of fractional oscillators. Lim et al. [26] established
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