title: Anomalous diffusion, solutions, and first passage time: Influence of diffusion coefficient.
abstract: We investigate the solutions and the first passage time for anomalous diffusion processes governed by the usual diffusion equation. We consider a space- and time-dependent diffusion coefficient and the presence of absorbing boundaries. We obtain analytical results for the probability distribution and the first passage time distribution for finite and semi-infinite intervals. In addition, we compare our results for the first passage time distribution with the one obtained by the usual diffusion equation with constant diffusion coefficient.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Avenida Colombo 5790, 87020-900, Maringá-PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kwok Sau
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Fa
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Lenzi