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The underdamped, non-linear, generalized Langevin equation is widely used to model coarse-grained dynamics of soft and biological materials. By means of a projection operator formalism, we show under which approximations this equation can…

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Quantum Brownian motion in the strong friction limit is studied based on the exact path integral formulation of dissipative systems. In this limit the time-nonlocal reduced dynamics can be cast into an effective equation of motion, the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Joachim Ankerhold , Hermann Grabert , Philip Pechukas

By now active Brownian motion is a well-established model to describe the motion of mesoscopic self-propelled particles in a Newtonian fluid. On the basis of the generalized Langevin equation, we present an analytic framework for active…

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When a particle diffuses in a medium with spatially dependent friction coefficient $\alpha(r)$ at constant temperature $T$, it drifts toward the low friction end of the system even in the absence of any real physical force $f$. This…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-18 Oded Farago , Niels Grønbech-Jensen

Fractional Brownian motion is a Gaussian stochastic process with stationary, long-time correlated increments and is frequently used to model anomalous diffusion processes. We study numerically fractional Brownian motion confined to a finite…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-03-22 T. Guggenberger , G. Pagnini , T. Vojta , R. Metzler

In this paper, we generalize the theory of Brownian motion and the Onsager-Machlup theory of fluctuations for spatially symmetric systems to equilibrium and nonequilibrium steady-state systems with a preferred spatial direction, due to an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-09-28 Roman Belousov , E. G. D. Cohen , Lamberto Rondoni

This thesis is dedicated to the study of stochastic processes; non-deterministic physical phenomena that can be well described by classical physics. The stochastic processes we are interested in are akin to Brownian Motion and can be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-06 Ashley Wilkins

In this paper we revisit the Brownian motion on the basis of {the fractional Langevin equation which turns out to be a particular case of the generalized Langevin equation introduced by Kubo in 1966. The importance of our approach is to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-04-21 Francesco Mainardi , Antonio Mura , Francesco Tampieri

Fluctuating hydrodynamics based techniques have been developed in recent years for the simulation of Brownian motion of particles. These mesoscale simulation tools are viable approaches for problems where molecular dynamics simulations may…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-02-11 Yong Chen , Neelesh A. Patankar

This paper attempts to find a probability distribution for the white noise (rapidly fluctuating unbalanced force) in the Langevin Equation. Unbalanced force is the resultant impulse provided to the brownian particle by the colliding fluid…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-08-02 Ayanabha De

Assuming an effective quadratic Hamiltonian, we derive an approximate, linear stochastic equation of motion for the density-fluctuations in liquids, composed of overdamped Brownian particles. From this approach, time dependent two point…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-04-26 Matthias Krüger , David S. Dean

The measured time series from complex systems are renowned for their intricate stochastic behavior, characterized by random fluctuations stemming from external influences and nonlinear interactions. These fluctuations take diverse forms,…

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The fluctuation-dissipation theorem is a central theorem in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics by which the evolution of velocity fluctuations of the Brownian particle under a fluctuating environment is intimately related to its…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-14 Jen-Tsung Hsiang , Tai-Hung Wu , Da-Shin Lee

Over a century ago, Einstein formulated a precise mathematical model for describing Brownian motion. While this model adequately explains the diffusion of micron-sized particles in fluids, its limitations become apparent when applied to…

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For optimizing a non-convex function in finite dimension, a method is to add Brownian noise to a gradient descent, allowing for transitions between basins of attractions of different minimizers. To adapt this for optimization over a space…

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The role of viscous forces coupled with Brownian forces in momentum conserving computer simulations is studied here in the context of their contribution to the total average pressure of a simple fluid as derived from the virial theorem, in…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 A. Gama Goicochea , M. A. Balderas Altamirano , J. D. Hernández , E. Pérez

Microscopic particles suspended in liquids are the prime example of an overdamped system because viscous forces dominate over inertial effects. Apart from their use as model systems, they receive considerable attention as sensitive probes…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-02-10 Johannes Berner , Boris Müller , Juan Ruben Gomez-Solano , Matthias Krüger , Clemens Bechinger

Computing analytically the $n$-point density correlations in systems of interacting particles is a long-standing problem of statistical physics, with a broad range of applications, from the interpretation of scattering experiments in simple…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-07-01 Louison Le Bon , Antoine Carof , Pierre Illien

We discuss the dynamics of a Brownian particle under the influence of a spatially periodic noise strength in one dimension using analytical theory and computer simulations. In the absence of a deterministic force, the Langevin equation can…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-01-28 Davide Breoni , Ralf Blossey , Hartmut Löwen

Brownian motion is a foundational physical process characterized by a mean squared displacement that scales linearly in time in thermal equilibrium, known as diffusion. At short times, the mean squared displacement becomes ballistic,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-02-10 Jason Boynewicz , Michael C. Thumann , Mark G. Raizen