Abstract
Brownian yet non-Gaussian diffusion has recently been observed in numerous biological and active matter system. The cause of the non-Gaussian distribution have been elaborately studied in the idea of a superstatistical dynamics or a diffusing diffusivity. Based on a random diffusivity model, we here focus on the ergodic property and the scatter of the amplitude of time-averaged mean-squared displacement (TAMSD). By investigating the random diffusivity model with three categories of diffusivities, including diffusivity being a random variable D, a time-dependent but uncorrelated diffusivity D(t), and a correlated stochastic process D(t), we find that ensemble-averaged TAMSDs are always normal while ensemble-averaged mean-squared displacement can be anomalous. Further, the scatter of dimensionless amplitude is completely determined by the time average of diffusivity D(t). Our results are valid for arbitrary diffusivity D(t).
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