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We study a gas of hard rods on a ring, driven by an external thermostat, with either elastic or inelastic collisions, which exhibits sub-diffusive behavior $<x^2 > \sim t^{1/2}$. We show the validity of the usual Fluctuation-Dissipation…
We study the influence of the velocity dependence of friction on the escape of a Brownian particle from the deep potential well ($E_{b} \gg k_{B}T$, $E_{b}$ is the barrier height, $k_{B}$ is the Boltzmann constant, $T$ is the bath…
We consider the dynamics of a charged inertial active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particle in a viscoelastic suspension under the action of an uniform magnetic field. With the help of both numerical simulation and analytical framework, we exactly…
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The motion of a thin elastic plate interacting with a viscous fluid is investigated. A periodic force acting on the plate is considered, which in a setting without damping could lead to a resonant response. The interaction with the viscous…