DIFFUSION OF RANDOMLY DRIVEN SOLITONS IN MOLECULAR CHAINS

被引:7
作者
FLYTZANIS, N
IVIC, Z
MALOMED, BA
机构
[1] VINCA INST NUCL SCI, DEPT THEORET PHYS, YU-11001 BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA
[2] TEL AVIV UNIV, SCH MATH SCI, DEPT APPL MATH, IL-69978 TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1995年 / 30卷 / 05期
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10.1209/0295-5075/30/5/003
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We examine the diffusive motion of solitons in a model of a molecular chain reducible to the non-linear Schrodinger equation driven by thermal fluctuations in the host lattice. Using the Fokker-Planck equation for the distribution function of the soliton's position, we conclude that the soliton exhibits an effectively free random walk, the corresponding diffusion constant showing a linear temperature dependence.
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