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. 2012 Aug 6;7(8):e41421. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041421

Figure 2. The MFPT function Inline graphic of a Brownian particle in a disk with symmetrically located targets.

Figure 2

(as shown e.g. in Fig. 1a). Its values are plotted as a surface which depends on the particle's starting position Inline graphic in the bottom plane of each figure. The surface colour is added only to clarify points of a large MFPT (red shading) against a small MFPT (blue shading). In the top row Inline graphic is computed for the ‘fast’ model in which Inline graphic  = 0.5 Inline graphicm, Inline graphic Inline graphicmInline graphic/s and Inline graphic = 150 Å, with Inline graphic, 20 and 50, correspondingly, respectively, to panel A, B and C. The bottom row shows the results for the ‘slow’ model in which Inline graphic  = 0.5 Inline graphicm, Inline graphic Inline graphicmInline graphic/s and Inline graphic = 15 Å, and with Inline graphic, 20 and 50, correspondingly, respectively, to panel D, E and F.