Cooperative Transport of Brownian Particles
Statistical Mechanics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We consider the collective motion of finite-sized, overdamped Brownian particles (e.g., motor proteins) in a periodic potential. Simulations of our model have revealed a number of novel cooperative transport phenomena, including (i) the reversal of direction of the net current as the particle density is increased and (ii) a very strong and complex dependence of the average velocity on both the size and the average distance of the particles.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9809277,
title = {Cooperative Transport of Brownian Particles},
author = {Imre Derenyi and Tamas Vicsek},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9809277},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figures