Continuous-time random walks and traveling fronts
Fedotov, Sergei (University of Manchester. Institute of Science and Technology. Department of Mathematics)
Méndez López, Vicenç (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física)

Date:	2002
Abstract:	We present a geometric approach to the problem of propagating fronts into an unstable state, valid for an arbitrary continuous-time random walk with a Fisher-Kolmogorov-Petrovski-Piskunov growth/reaction rate. We derive an integral Hamilton-Jacobi type equation for the action functional determining the position of reaction front and its speed. Our method does not rely on the explicit derivation of a differential equation for the density of particles. In particular, we obtain an explicit formula for the propagation speed for the case of anomalous transport involving non-Markovian random processes.
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Language:	Anglès
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Published in:	Physical review. E : Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, Vol. 66, Number 3 (September 2002) , p. 030102/1-030102/4, ISSN 1539-3755

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.030102

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