Persistence of a Brownian particle in a Time Dependent Potential

Details Persistence of a Brownian particle in a Time Dependent Potential Persistence of a Brownian particle in a Time Dependent Potential

2012-04-20

arxiv.org/abs/1204.4568v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

7 pages, 5 figures, Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. E

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We investigate the persistence probability of a Brownian particle in a harmonic potential, which decays to zero at long times -- leading to an unbounded motion of the Brownian particle. We consider two functional forms for the decay of the confinement, an exponential and an algebraic decay. Analytical calculations and numerical simulations show, that for the case of the exponential relaxation, the dynamics of Brownian particle at short and long times are independent of the parameters of the relaxation. On the contrary, for the algebraic decay of the confinement, the dynamics at long times is determined by the exponent of the decay. Finally, using the two-time correlation function for the position of the Brownian particle, we construct the persistence probability for the Brownian walker in such a scenario.

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