TY - JOUR
T1 - Distribution of time-averaged observables for weak ergodicity breaking
AU - Rebenshtok, A.
AU - Barkai, E.
PY - 2007/11/23
Y1 - 2007/11/23
N2 - We find a general formula for the distribution of time-averaged observables for systems modeled according to the subdiffusive continuous time random walk. For Gaussian random walks coupled to a thermal bath we recover ergodicity and Boltzmann's statistics, while for the anomalous subdiffusive case a weakly nonergodic statistical mechanical framework is constructed, which is based on Lévy's generalized central limit theorem. As an example we calculate the distribution of X̄, the time average of the position of the particle, for unbiased and uniformly biased particles, and show that X̄ exhibits large fluctuations compared with the ensemble average X.
AB - We find a general formula for the distribution of time-averaged observables for systems modeled according to the subdiffusive continuous time random walk. For Gaussian random walks coupled to a thermal bath we recover ergodicity and Boltzmann's statistics, while for the anomalous subdiffusive case a weakly nonergodic statistical mechanical framework is constructed, which is based on Lévy's generalized central limit theorem. As an example we calculate the distribution of X̄, the time average of the position of the particle, for unbiased and uniformly biased particles, and show that X̄ exhibits large fluctuations compared with the ensemble average X.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.210601
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.210601
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C2 - 18233203
AN - SCOPUS:36249011538
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 99
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 21
M1 - 210601
ER -