Granular Brownian Motor
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
An asymmetric object, undergoing dissipative collisions with surrounding particles, acquires a nonzero average velocity. The latter is calculated analytically by an expansion of the Boltzmann equation and the result is compared with Monte Carlo simulations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0611283,
title = {Granular Brownian Motor},
author = {B. Cleuren and C. Van den Broeck},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0611283},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figures, submitted to EPL