https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2018-12049-3
Regular Article
General solution of a fractional Parker diffusion-convection equation describing the superdiffusive transport of energetic particles
1
Institut für Theoretische Physik IV, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, D-44780, Bochum, Germany
2
Theoretical Physics Research Group, Mansoura University, 35516, Mansoura, Egypt
* e-mail: Ashraf.Attia@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Received:
13
March
2018
Accepted:
2
May
2018
Published online:
1
June
2018
Anomalous diffusion models of energetic particles in space plasmas are developed by introducing the fractional Parker diffusion-convection equation. Analytical solution of the space-time fractional equation is obtained by use of the Caputo and Riesz-Feller fractional derivatives with the Laplace-Fourier transforms. The solution is given in terms of the Fox H-function. Profiles of particle densities are illustrated for different values of the space fractional order and the so-called skewness parameter.
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