Average versus typical mean first-passage time in a random random walk.
Average versus typical mean first-passage time in a random random walk.
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随机随机游走中的平均首次通过时间与典型的平均首次通过时间。
DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.61.500
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发表时间:
1988
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Goldhirsch
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文献类型:
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作者:
Noskowicz;Goldhirsch
Random walk in a one-dimensional random medium of length N is analyzed. It is rigorously shown that in most realizations of the medium, the mean first-passage time, t, bears the following relation to N, for large N: log t∝ N. The average of t over the realizations of the medium,< t>, satisfies log< t>∝ N. Our formalism, though being exact, employs only elementary means and makes transparent the physics of the delay experienced by the random walker: It is due to the existence of subsegments in which the bias against motion towards the desired end is largest. Some implications of these results concerning the replica method are briefly discussed.