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Phenomenological theory giving the full statistics of the position of fluctuating pulled fronts

  • E. Brunet
  • , B. Derrida
  • , A. H. Mueller
  • , S. Munier
  • Center for Atomic-scale Materials Physics (CAMP)
  • Columbia University
  • University of Florence

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Abstract

We propose a phenomenological description for the effect of a weak noise on the position of a front described by the Fisher-Kolmogorov-Petrovsky-Piscounov equation or any other traveling-wave equation in the same class. Our scenario is based on four hypotheses on the relevant mechanism for the diffusion of the front. Our parameter-free analytical predictions for the velocity of the front, its diffusion constant and higher cumulants of its position agree with numerical simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number056126
JournalPhysical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume73
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2006

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