Superdiffusive Dispersals Impart the Geometry of Underlying Random Walks

Zaburdaev V, Fouxon I, Denisov S, Barkai E (2016)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2016

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Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Book Volume: 117

Journal Issue: 27

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.270601

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It is recognized now that a variety of real-life phenomena ranging from diffusion of cold atoms to the motion of humans exhibit dispersal faster than normal diffusion. Levy walks is a model that excelled in describing such superdiffusive behaviors albeit in one dimension. Here we show that, in contrast to standard random walks, the microscopic geometry of planar superdiffusive Levy walks is imprinted in the asymptotic distribution of the walkers. The geometry of the underlying walk can be inferred from trajectories of the walkers by calculating the analogue of the Pearson coefficient.

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APA:

Zaburdaev, V., Fouxon, I., Denisov, S., & Barkai, E. (2016). Superdiffusive Dispersals Impart the Geometry of Underlying Random Walks. Physical Review Letters, 117(27). https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.270601

MLA:

Zaburdaev, Vasily, et al. "Superdiffusive Dispersals Impart the Geometry of Underlying Random Walks." Physical Review Letters 117.27 (2016).

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