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    Markovian embedding of fractional superdiffusion

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    The Fractional Langevin Equation (FLE) describes a non-Markovian Generalized Brownian Motion with long time persistence (superdiffusion), or anti-persistence (subdiffusion) of both velocity-velocity correlations, and position increments. It presents a case of the Generalized Langevin Equation (GLE) with a singular power law memory kernel. We propose and numerically realize a numerically efficient and reliable Markovian embedding of this superdiffusive GLE, which accurately approximates the FLE over many, about r=N lg b-2, time decades, where N denotes the number of exponentials used to approximate the power law kernel, and b>1 is a scaling parameter for the hierarchy of relaxation constants leading to this power law. Besides its relation to the FLE, our approach presents an independent and very flexible route to model anomalous diffusion. Studying such a superdiffusion in tilted washboard potentials, we demonstrate the phenomenon of transient hyperdiffusion which emerges due to transient kinetic heating effects.Comment: EPL, in pres

    Some Insights in Superdiffusive Transport

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    In this paper we deal with high-order corrections for the Fractional Derivative approach to anomalous diffusion, in super-diffusive regime, which become relevand whenever one attempts to describe the behavior of particles close to normal diffusion.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figure

    Non-Markovian Levy diffusion in nonhomogeneous media

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    We study the diffusion equation with a position-dependent, power-law diffusion coefficient. The equation possesses the Riesz-Weyl fractional operator and includes a memory kernel. It is solved in the diffusion limit of small wave numbers. Two kernels are considered in detail: the exponential kernel, for which the problem resolves itself to the telegrapher's equation, and the power-law one. The resulting distributions have the form of the L\'evy process for any kernel. The renormalized fractional moment is introduced to compare different cases with respect to the diffusion properties of the system.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figure
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