From continuous time random walks to the fractional Fokker-Planck equation

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 132-138

  Barkai, E ^a   Metzler, R ^b   Klafter, J ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TIMING JITTER;

ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION; CONTINUOUS TIME RANDOM WALKS; CONTINUOUS-TIME RANDOM WALK; EXTERNAL FORCE FIELD; FRACTIONAL FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION; FRACTIONAL KINETIC EQUATION; MEAN WAITING TIME; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS;

FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION;

EID: 0000078998     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.132     Document Type: Article

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