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From Ballistic to diffusive behavior in periodic potentials

Hairer, Martin  
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Pavliotis, G. A.
April 1, 2008
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS

The long-time/large-scale, small-friction asymptotic for the one dimensional Langevin equation with a periodic potential is studied in this paper. It is shown that the Freidlin-Wentzell and central limit theorem (homogenization) limits commute. We prove that, in the combined small friction, long-time/large-scale limit the particle position converges weakly to a Brownian motion with a singular diffusion coefficient which we compute explicitly. We show that the same result is valid for a whole one parameter family of space/time rescalings. The proofs of our main results are based on some novel estimates on the resolvent of a hypoelliptic operator.

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journal article
DOI
10.1007/s10955-008-9493-3
Web of Science ID

WOS:000253522400009

Author(s)
Hairer, Martin  
Pavliotis, G. A.
Date Issued

2008-04-01

Publisher

SPRINGER

Published in
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS
Volume

131

Issue

1

Start page

175

End page

202

Subjects

NONEQUILIBRIUM STATISTICAL-MECHANICS

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SMOLUCHOWSKI-KRAMERS APPROXIMATION

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FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION

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RANDOM PERTURBATIONS

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ANHARMONIC CHAINS

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UHLENBECK PROCESS

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HOMOGENIZATION

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OSCILLATORS

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EQUILIBRIUM

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TRANSPORT

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homogenization

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hypoelliptic diffusion

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hypocoercivity

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Science & Technology

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Physical Sciences

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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OTHER

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September 17, 2024
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