On random walks with a general moving barrier
Aug, 20056 pages
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- Astrophys.J. 641 (2006) 641-646
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- astro-ph/0508384 [astro-ph]
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Random walks with a general, nonlinear barrier have found recent applications ranging from reionization topology to refinements in the excursion set theory of halos. Here, we derive the first-crossing distribution of random walks with a moving barrier of an arbitrary shape. Such a distribution is shown to satisfy an integral equation that can be solved by a simple matrix inversion, without the need for Monte Carlo simulations, making this useful for exploring a large parameter space. We discuss examples in which common analytic approximations fail, a failure which can be remedied using the method described here.- cosmology: theory
- galaxies: halos
- galaxies: structure
- intergalactic medium
- large-scale structure of universe
- methods: analytical
- methods: numerical
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