Abstract
We discuss topologically biased diffusion on random structures (e.g. a random comb, a percolation cluster) that are characterized by effective dangling ends. The distribution of lengths L of dangling ends determines the transport behaviour. For a power-law distribution (percolation cluster at pc) diffusion is ultra-anomalously slow, the mean square displacement of a random walker varies with a power law of logr, while for exponential distributions (p>pc) a dynamical phase transition occurs: above a critical bias field £c diffusion is anomalous and non-universal. We also consider diffusion in d= 2 percolation clusters at criticality under the influence of a n'we-dependent bias field E(t) = E0 sin ωt. We discuss the mean displacement <x(t)> of a random walker and investigate strong nonlinear effects in the amplitude A(E0,ω) of <.x(t)> by computer simulation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 821-831 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Philosophical Magazine B: Physics of Condensed Matter; Statistical Mechanics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - Dec 1987 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:A.B. gratefully acknowledges financial support from Deutsche Forschungs-gemeinschaft, and S.H. support from the U.S.-Israel Bi-national Science Foundation and from a Minerva Fellowship.
Funding
A.B. gratefully acknowledges financial support from Deutsche Forschungs-gemeinschaft, and S.H. support from the U.S.-Israel Bi-national Science Foundation and from a Minerva Fellowship.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| U.S.–Israel Bi-National Science Foundation | |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |