Brownian yet Non-Gaussian Diffusion: From Superstatistics to Subordination of Diffusing Diffusivities
Brownian yet Non-Gaussian Diffusion: From Superstatistics to Subordination of Diffusing Diffusivities
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevx.7.021002
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发表时间:
2017-04-05
影响因子:
12.5
通讯作者:
Sokolov, Igor M.
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作者:
Chechkin, Aleksei V.;Seno, Flavio;Sokolov, Igor M.
A growing number of biological, soft, and active matter systems are observed to exhibit normal diffusive dynamics with a linear growth of the mean-squared displacement, yet with a non-Gaussian distribution of increments. Based on the Chubinsky-Slater idea of a diffusing diffusivity, we here establish and analyze a minimal model framework of diffusion processes with fluctuating diffusivity. In particular, we demonstrate the equivalence of the diffusing diffusivity process with a superstatistical approach with a distribution of diffusivities, at times shorter than the diffusivity correlation time. At longer times, a crossover to a Gaussian distribution with an effective diffusivity emerges. Specifically, we establish a subordination picture of Brownian but non-Gaussian diffusion processes, which can be used for a wide class of diffusivity fluctuation statistics. Our results are shown to be in excellent agreement with simulations and numerical evaluations.