The Smoluchowski-Kramers limit of stochastic differential equations with arbitrary state-dependent friction

Abstract

We study a class of systems of stochastic differential equations describing diffusive phenomena. The Smoluchowski-Kramers approximation is used to describe their dynamics in the small mass limit. Our systems have arbitrary state-dependent friction and noise coefficients. We identify the limiting equation and, in particular, the additional drift term that appears in the limit is expressed in terms of the solution to a Lyapunov matrix equation. The proof uses a theory of convergence of stochastic integrals developed by Kurtz and Protter. The result is sufficiently general to include systems driven by both white and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck colored noises. We discuss applications of the main theorem to several physical phenomena, including the experimental study of Brownian motion in a diffusion gradient.

This paper has been corrected from a previous version. Author Austin McDaniel has been added. Lemma 2 has been rewritten, Lemma 3 added, previous version's Lemma 3 moved to Lemma 4. 20 pages, 1 figure

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