title: Subdiffusion in an external potential: Anomalous effects hiding behind normal behavior.
abstract: We propose a model of subdiffusion in which an external force is acting on a particle at all times not only at the moment of jump. The implication of this assumption is the dependence of the random trapping time on the force with the dramatic change of particles behavior compared to the standard continuous time random walk model in the long time limit. Constant force leads to the transition from non-ergodic subdiffusion to ergodic diffusive behavior. However, we show this behavior remains anomalous in a sense that the diffusion coefficient depends on the external force and on the anomalous exponent. For quadratic potential we find that the system remains non-ergodic. The anomalous exponent in this case defines not only the speed of convergence but also the stationary distribution which is different from standard Boltzmann equilibrium.
authors.affiliation: School of Mathematics, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sergei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fedotov
authors.affiliation: School of Mathematics, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Nickolay
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Korabel