Diffusion with random distribution of static traps

Details Diffusion with random distribution of static traps Diffusion with random distribution of static traps

2001-05-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0105163v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

4 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.170601

The random walk problem is studied in two and three dimensions in the presence of a random distribution of static traps. An efficient Monte Carlo method, based on a mapping onto a polymer model, is used to measure the survival probability P(c,t) as a function of the trap concentration c and the time t. Theoretical arguments are presented, based on earlier work of Donsker and Varadhan and of Rosenstock, why in two dimensions one expects a data collapse if -ln[P(c,t)]/ln(t) is plotted as a function of (lambda t)^{1/2}/ln(t) (with lambda=-ln(1-c)), whereas in three dimensions one expects a data collapse if -t^{-1/3}ln[P(c,t)] is plotted as a function of t^{2/3}lambda. These arguments are supported by the Monte Carlo results. Both data collapses show a clear crossover from the early-time Rosenstock behavior to Donsker-Varadhan behavior at long times.

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