Predictability of anomalous transport on lattice networks with quenched disorder


Title

Predictability of anomalous transport on lattice networks with quenched disorder

Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2011
Journal
Physical Review E
Volume
83
Issue
3
Date Published
Jan-03-2011
Publication Language
eng
Citation Key
2663
ISSN
1539-3755
Abstract
We study stochastic transport through a lattice network with quenched disorder and evaluate the limits of predictability of the transport behavior across realizations of spatial heterogeneity. Within a Lagrangian framework, we perform coarse graining, noise averaging, and ensemble averaging, to obtain an effective transport model for the average particle density and its fluctuations between realizations. We show that the average particle density is described exactly by a continuous time random walk (CTRW), and the particle density variance is quantified by a novel two-particle CTRW.
Short Title
Phys. Rev. E