Quenched Disorder Effects on Deterministic Inertia Ratchets
Condensed Matter
2016-08-31 v1 Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract
The effect of quenched disorder on the underdamped motion of a periodically driven particle on a ratchet potential is studied. As a consequence of disorder, current reversal and chaotic diffusion may take place on regular trajectories. On the other hand, on some chaotic trajectories disorder induces regular motion. A localization effect similar to {\sl Golosov Phenomenon} sets in whenever a disorder threshold that depends on the mass of the particle is reached. Possible applications of the localization phenomenon are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0102286,
title = {Quenched Disorder Effects on Deterministic Inertia Ratchets},
author = {C. M. Arizmendi and Fereydoon Family and A. L. Salas-Brito},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0102286},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
11 pages, 10 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. E