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Title: Anomalous random flights and time-fractional run-and-tumble equations

Abstract: Random flights (also called run-and-tumble walks or transport processes) represent finite velocity random motions changing direction at any Poissonian time. These models in d-dimension, can be studied giving a general formulation of the problem valid at any spatial dimension. The aim of this paper is to extend this general analysis to time-fractional processes arising from a non-local generalization of the kinetic equations. The probabilistic interpretation of the solution of the time-fractional equations leads to a time-changed version of the original transport processes. The obtained results provides a clear picture of the role played by the time-fractional derivatives in this kind of random motions. They displayed an anomalous behavior and are useful to describe several complex systems arising in statistical physics and biology. In particular, we focus on the one-dimensional random flight, called telegraph process, studying the time-fractional version of the classical telegraph equation and providing a suitable interpretation of its stochastic solutions.
Comments: 22 pages
Subjects: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); Mathematical Physics (math-ph); Probability (math.PR)
Cite as: arXiv:2404.15941 [cond-mat.stat-mech]
  (or arXiv:2404.15941v1 [cond-mat.stat-mech] for this version)

Submission history

From: Luca Angelani [view email]
[v1] Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:02:00 GMT (232kb,D)

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