Inertial effects in the fractional diffusion of a Brownian particle in a double-well potential

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Abstract

The anomalous translational diffusion including inertial effects of nonlinear Brownian oscillators in a double well potential $V(x)=ax^2/2+bx^4/4$ is considered. An exact solution of the fractional Klein-Kramers (Fokker-Planck) equation is obtained which allows one to calculate via matrix continued fractions the positional autocorrelation function and dynamic susceptibility describing the position response to a small external field. The result is a generalization of the solution for the normal Brownian motion in a double well potential to fractional dynamics (giving rise to anomalous diffusion).

Authors

  • William Coffey

    Dept. Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

  • Yuri Kalmykov

    MEPS, Universit\'e de Perpignan, 52 Av. Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France

  • Sergey Titov

    Inst. Radio Engineering and Electronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vvedenskii Square 1, Fryazino, Moscow Region, 141190, Russia