On single file and less dense processes

Details On single file and less dense processes On single file and less dense processes

2008-02-11

arxiv.org/abs/0802.1516v2

Europhys. Lett. 83, 20004-p1-p6 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Scientific paper

10.1209/0295-5075/83/20004

The diffusion process of N hard rods in a 1D interval of length L (--> inf) is studied using scaling arguments and an asymptotic analysis of the exact N-particle probability density function (PDF). In the class of such systems, the universal scaling law of the tagged particle's mean absolute displacement reads, <|r|>~ <|r|>_{free}/n^mu, where <|r|>_{free} is the result for a free particle in the studied system and n is the number of particles in the covered length. The exponent mu is given by, mu=1/(1+a), where a is associated with the particles' density law of the system, rho~rho_0*L^(-a), 0<= a <=1. The scaling law for <|r|> leads to, <|r|>~rho_0^((a-1)/2) (<|r| >_{free})^((1+a)/2), an equation that predicts a smooth interpolation between single file diffusion and free particle diffusion depending on the particles' density law, and holds for any underlying dynamics. In particular, <|r|>~t^((1+a)/2) for normal diffusion, with a Gaussian PDF in space for any value of a (deduced by a complementary analysis), and, <|r|>~t^((beta(1+a))/2), for anomalous diffusion in which the system's particles all have the same power-law waiting time PDF for individual events, psi~t^(-1-beta), 0~t^(1/2) in a 'standard' single file is a direct result of the fixed particles' density condition imposed on the system, a=0.

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