Trajectory statistics of confined Lévy flights and Boltzmann-type equilibria

preprint2013arXivOpen access

Abstract

We analyze a specific class of random systems that are driven by a symmetric Lévy stable noise, where Langevin representation is absent. In view of the Lévy noise sensitivity to environmental inhomogeneities, the pertinent random motion asymptotically sets down at the Boltzmann-type equilibrium, represented by a probability density function (pdf) ρ∗(x)∼exp⁡[−Φ(x)]ρ_*(x) \sim \exp [-Φ(x)]. Here, we infer pdf ρ(x,t)ρ(x,t) based on numerical path-wise simulation of the underlying jump-type process. A priori given data are jump transition rates entering the master equation for ρ(x,t)ρ(x,t) and its target pdf ρ∗(x)ρ_*(x). To simulate the above processes, we construct a suitable modification of the Gillespie algorithm, originally invented in the chemical kinetics context. We exemplified our algorithm simulating different jump-type processes and discuss the dynamics of real physical systems where it can be useful.

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