Winding of planar gaussian processes

Details Winding of planar gaussian processes Winding of planar gaussian processes

2009-04-03

arxiv.org/abs/0904.0582v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

12 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

We consider a smooth, rotationally invariant, centered gaussian process in the plane, with arbitrary correlation matrix $C_{t t'}$. We study the winding angle $\phi_t$ around its center. We obtain a closed formula for the variance of the winding angle as a function of the matrix $C_{tt'}$. For most stationary processes $C_{tt'}=C(t-t')$ the winding angle exhibits diffusion at large time with diffusion coefficient $D = \int_0^\infty ds C'(s)^2/(C(0)^2-C(s)^2)$. Correlations of $\exp(i n \phi_t)$ with integer $n$, the distribution of the angular velocity $\dot \phi_t$, and the variance of the algebraic area are also obtained. For smooth processes with stationary increments (random walks) the variance of the winding angle grows as ${1/2} (\ln t)^2$, with proper generalizations to the various classes of fractional Brownian motion. These results are tested numerically. Non integer $n$ is studied numerically.

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