Random walks of oriented particles on fractals
Random walks of oriented particles on fractals
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DOI:
10.1088/1751-8113/47/15/155001
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发表时间:
2014-04-18
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Herrmann, Heiko
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作者:
Haber, Rene;Prehl, Janett;Herrmann, Heiko
Random walks of point particles on fractals exhibit subdiffusive behavior, where the anomalous diffusion exponent is smaller than one, and the corresponding random walk dimension is larger than two. This is due to the limited space available in fractal structures. Here, we endow the particles with an orientation and analyze their dynamics on fractal structures. In particular, we focus on the dynamical consequences of the interactions between the local surrounding fractal structure and the particle orientation, which are modeled using an appropriate move class. These interactions can lead to particles becoming temporarily or permanently stuck in parts of the structure. A surprising finding is that the random walk dimension is not affected by the orientation while the diffusion constant shows a variety of interesting and surprising features.