Abstract
We study the territory covered by N Lévy flights by calculating the mean number of distinct sites, 〈[formula presented](n)〉, visited after n time steps on a d-dimensional, d⩾2, lattice. The Lévy flights are initially at the origin and each has a probability A[formula presented] to perform an ℓ-length jump in a randomly chosen direction at each time step. We obtain asymptotic results for different values of α. For d=2 and N→∞ we find 〈[formula presented](n)〉∝[formula presented][formula presented][formula presented], when α<2 and 〈[formula presented](n)〉∝[formula presented][formula presented], when α>2. For d=2 and n→∞ we find 〈[formula presented](n)〉∝Nn for α<2 and 〈[formula presented](n)〉∝Nn/ln n for α>2. The last limit corresponds to the result obtained by Larralde et al. [Phys. Rev. A 45, 7128 (1992)] for bounded jumps. We also present asymptotic results for 〈[formula presented](n)〉 on d⩾3 dimensional lattices.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1395-1400 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Physical Review E |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997 |