Asymptotically exact probability distribution for the Sinai model with finite drift


Autoria(s): Woods, Gareth; Yurkevich, Igor; Lerner, Igor V.; Kovtun, H.A.
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17/09/2010

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We obtain the exact asymptotic result for the disorder-averaged probability distribution function for a random walk in a biased Sinai model and show that it is characterized by a creeping behavior of the displacement moments with time, <x(n)> similar to v(mu n), where mu <1 is dimensionless mean drift. We employ a method originated in quantum diffusion which is based on the exact mapping of the problem to an imaginary-time Schrodinger equation. For nonzero drift such an equation has an isolated lowest eigenvalue separated by a gap from quasicontinuous excited states, and the eigenstate corresponding to the former governs the long-time asymptotic behavior.

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http://eprints.aston.ac.uk/18098/1/Asymptotically_exact_probability_distribution.pdf

Woods, Gareth; Yurkevich, Igor; Lerner, Igor V. and Kovtun, H.A. (2010). Asymptotically exact probability distribution for the Sinai model with finite drift. Physical Review E, 82 (3),

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http://eprints.aston.ac.uk/18098/

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