Langevin Approach to Lévy Flights in Fixed Potentials: Exact Results for Stationary Probability Distributions ∗
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چکیده
The functional method to derive the fractional Fokker-Planck equation for probability distribution from the Langevin equation with Lévy stable noise is proposed. For the Cauchy stable noise we obtain the exact stationary probability density function of Lévy flights in different smooth potential profiles. We find confinement of the particle in the superdiffusion motion with a bimodal stationary distribution for all the anharmonic symmetric monostable potentials investigated. The stationary probability density functions show power-law tails, which ensure finiteness of the variance. By reviewing recent results on these statistical characteristics, the peculiarities of Lévy flights in comparison with ordinary Brownian motion are discussed.
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