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We analyze the asymptotic behavior of a tagged particle inside an infinite system of identical elastic point masses. The main objective is to study “very nonhomogeneous media”—particles which are more and more dispersed far from the origin. We suggest that the limit motion of a tagged particle may serve to classify media in the nonhomogeneous case as well as in the homogeneous case.
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Szatzschneider, W. The motion of a tagged particle and nonhomogeneous media in R1 . J Stat Phys 70, 1281–1296 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01049432
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