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The problem of diffusion in the presence of a random distribution of spherical traps is solved to the first order in density. The resulting time dependent solution has a structure (long time tail) that cannot be obtained from a simple effective diffusion equation. On the other hand, such an equation can describe the steady state situation.
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Bixon et al. (1981) studied this question.
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