Fractional advection diffusion asymmetry equation, derivation, solution and application

Wanli Wang, Eli Barkai

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Abstract

The non-Markovian continuous-time random walk model, featuring fat-tailed waiting times and narrow distributed displacements with a non-zero mean, is a well studied model for anomalous diffusion. Using an analytical approach, we recently demonstrated how a fractional space advection diffusion asymmetry equation, usually associated with Markovian Lévy flights, describes the spreading of a packet of particles. Since we use Gaussian statistics for jump lengths though fat-tailed distribution of waiting times, the appearance of fractional space derivatives in the kinetic equation demands explanations provided in this manuscript. As applications we analyse the spreading of tracers in two dimensions, breakthrough curves investigated in the field of contamination spreading in hydrology and first passage time statistics. We present a subordination scheme valid for the case when the mean waiting time is finite and the variance diverges, which is related to Lévy statistics for the number of renewals in the process.

Original languageEnglish
Article number035203
JournalJournal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Volume57
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Jan 2024

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Funding

The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments. W W is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 12105243 and the Zhejiang Province Natural Science Foundation LQ22A050002. E B acknowledges the Israel Science Foundations Grant 1614/21.

FundersFunder number
National Natural Science Foundation of China12105243
Israel Science Foundation1614/21
Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang ProvinceLQ22A050002

    Keywords

    • anomalous diffusion
    • continuous time random walk
    • fractional advection diffusion asymmetry equation
    • fractional kinetic equations

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