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Forced thermal ratchets.

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In this paper, the authors considered a Brownian particle in a periodic potential under heavy damping and showed that if the particle is subject to an external force having time correlations, detailed balance is lost and the particle can exhibit a nonzero net drift speed.
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We consider a Brownian particle in a periodic potential under heavy damping. The second law forbids it from displaying any net drift speed, even if the symmetry of the potential is broken. But if the particle is subject to an external force having time correlations, detailed balance is lost and the particle can exhibit a nonzero net drift speed. Thus, broken symmetry and time correlations are sufficient ingredients for transport.

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Performance Estimation for Two-Dimensional Brownian Rotary Ratchet Systems

TL;DR: In this article, a molecular rotary system that can perform unidirectional rotations induced by linearly polarized ac fields and produce positive work under loads was studied, based on the Langevin equation for a particle in a two-dimensional (2D) three-tooth ratchet potential of threefold symmetry.
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Chaos-induced escape over a potential barrier.

TL;DR: P perturbative analysis proves that in the zeroth-order limit, the rate of particle escape converges to the Kramers rate, and determines an analytical expression for the escape rate's prefactor that accounts for this effect.
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Influence of the Basset force on the resonant behavior of an oscillator with fluctuating frequency

Astrid Rekker, +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of hydrodynamic interactions, such as Stokes and Basset forces, on the dynamics of a harmonically trapped Brownian tracer is considered.
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Stochastic processes in physics and chemistry

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the Fokker-planck equation, the Langevin approach, and the diffusion type of the master equation, as well as the statistics of jump events.

Stochastic Processes in Physics and Chemistry

Abstract: Preface to the first edition. Preface to the second edition. Abbreviated references. I. Stochastic variables. II. Random events. III. Stochastic processes. IV. Markov processes. V. The master equation. VI. One-step processes. VII. Chemical reactions. VIII. The Fokker-Planck equation. IX. The Langevin approach. X. The expansion of the master equation. XI. The diffusion type. XII. First-passage problems. XIII. Unstable systems. XIV. Fluctuations in continuous systems. XV. The statistics of jump events. XVI. Stochastic differential equations. XVII. Stochastic behavior of quantum systems.
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Molecular Cell Biology

TL;DR: Molecular cell biology, Molecular cell biology , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اصاع رسانی, کδاوρزی
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The Fokker-Planck Equation: Methods of Solution and Applications

Hannes Risken
TL;DR: In this paper, the Fokker-Planck Equation for N Variables (FPE) was extended to N = 1 variable and N = 2 variables, where N is the number of variables in the system.