Biased diffusion in chainlike fractal structures: Universal behaviour

  • R. Roman
  • , M. Schwartz
  • , A. Bunde
  • , S. Havlin

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Abstract

We study diffusion on topologically linear fractal structures under the influence of a uniform external field. Due to the fractal nature of the chain, the uniform field acts on a random walker like random correlated (local) fields in a one-dimensional chain. We find that the mean square displacement of the walker is universal and depends logarithmically on time t as ⟨r2⟩∼ln2t, independent of the fractal dimension of the chain.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)389-393
Number of pages5
JournalEPL
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 1988

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