Brownian motion of molecules: a stochastic approach
Statistical Mechanics
2014-11-11 v3 Chemical Physics
Abstract
A stochastic Langevin equation is derived, describing the thermal motion of a molecule immersed in a rested fluid of identical molecules. The fluctuation-dissipation theorem is proved and a number of correlation characteristics of the molecular Brownian motion are obtained.
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@article{arxiv.1004.3107,
title = {Brownian motion of molecules: a stochastic approach},
author = {Roumen Tsekov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.3107},
year = {2014}
}
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The paper is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Sofia