Abstract
We study the generalized diffusion of a tagged particle in a one-dimensional fluid of hard-point particles. The dynamics of a single particle in its nonuniform, nondeterministic environment is assumed known. On eliminating suitably defined transients from the exact solution, we find a universal form for the tagged particle dynamics when written in terms of stretched space and time, appearing as the classical telegrapher's equation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 041111 |
Journal | Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
Volume | 76 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 5 2007 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Statistics and Probability
- Condensed Matter Physics