Critical dimensions for random walks on random-walk chains

Details Critical dimensions for random walks on random-walk chains Critical dimensions for random walks on random-walk chains

1996-04-29

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9604167v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

LATeX, 10 pages, no figures submitted for publication in PRE

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.54.3606

The probability distribution of random walks on linear structures generated by random walks in $d$-dimensional space, $P_d(r,t)$, is analytically studied for the case $\xi\equiv r/t^{1/4}\ll1$. It is shown to obey the scaling form $P_d(r,t)=\rho(r) t^{-1/2} \xi^{-2} f_d(\xi)$, where $\rho(r)\sim r^{2-d}$ is the density of the chain. Expanding $f_d(\xi)$ in powers of $\xi$, we find that there exists an infinite hierarchy of critical dimensions, $d_c=2,6,10,\ldots$, each one characterized by a logarithmic correction in $f_d(\xi)$. Namely, for $d=2$, $f_2(\xi)\simeq a_2\xi^2\ln\xi+b_2\xi^2$; for $3\le d\le 5$, $f_d(\xi)\simeq a_d\xi^2+b_d\xi^d$; for $d=6$, $f_6(\xi)\simeq a_6\xi^2+b_6\xi^6\ln\xi$; for $7\le d\le 9$, $f_d(\xi)\simeq a_d\xi^2+b_d\xi^6+c_d\xi^d$; for $d=10$, $f_{10}(\xi)\simeq a_{10}\xi^2+b_{10}\xi^6+c_{10}\xi^{10}\ln\xi$, {\it etc.\/} In particular, for $d=2$, this implies that the temporal dependence of the probability density of being close to the origin $Q_2(r,t)\equiv P_2(r,t)/\rho(r)\simeq t^{-1/2}\ln t$.

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