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We give an exact solution to the generalized Langevin equation of motion of a charged Brownian particle in a uniform magnetic field that is driven internally by an exponentially-correlated stochastic force. A strong dissipation regime is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-02-13 Francis N. C. Paraan , Mikhail P. Solon , J. P. Esguerra

We consider an overdamped Brownian particle, exposed to a two-dimensional, square lattice potential and a rectangular ac-drive. Depending on the driving amplitude, the linear response to a weak dc-force along a lattice symmetry axis consist…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Speer , R. Eichhorn , P. Reimann

We derive explicit forms of Markovian transition probability densities for the velocity space, phase-space and the Smoluchowski configuration-space Brownian motion of a charged particle in a constant magnetic field. By invoking a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. Czopnik , P. Garbaczewski

We propose a new mechanism to alter the nature of the potential barriers when a biased Brownian particle under goes a constrained motion in narrow, periodic channel. By changing the angle of the external bias, the nature of the potential…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-12-06 P. S. Burada , G. Schmid

A Brownian pump of particles in an asymmetric finite tube is investigated in the presence of an unbiased external force. The pumping system is bounded by two particle reservoirs. It is found that the particles can be pumped through the tube…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-18 Bao-quan Ai , Liang-gang Liu

The same system can exhibit a completely different dynamical behavior when it evolves in equilibrium conditions or when it is driven out-of-equilibrium by, e.g., connecting some of its components to heat baths kept at different…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-08-09 S. Cerasoli , S. Ciliberto , E. Marinari , G. Oshanin , L. Peliti , L. Rondoni

We study diffusion properties of an inertial Brownian motor moving on a ratchet substrate, i.e. a periodic structure with broken reflection symmetry. The motor is driven by an unbiased time-periodic symmetric force which takes the system…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-03-25 Jakub Spiechowicz , Marcin Kostur , Jerzy Łuczka

We investigate the stochastic behavior of a two-temperature Langevin system with non-Markovian thermal reservoirs. The model describes an overdamped Brownian particle in a quadratic potential and coupled to heat baths at different…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-02-20 Eduardo dos S. Nascimento , Welles A. M. Morgado

We study a Brownian motor, based on cold atoms in optical lattices, where atomic motion can be induced in a controlled manner in an arbitrary direction, by rectification of isotropic random fluctuations. In contrast with ratchet mechanisms,…

The energetics of a Brownian heat engine and heat pump driven by position dependent temperature, known as the B\"uttiker-Landauer heat engine and heat pump, is investigated by numerical simulations of the inertial Langevin equation. We…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-06-03 Ronald Benjamin

We study the energestics of a thermal motor driven by temperature differences, which consists of Brownian particles moving in a sawtooth potential with an external load where the viscous medium is alternately in contact with hot and cold…

Biological Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Baoquan Ai , Liqiu Wang , Huizhang Xie , Lianggang Liu

We present a detailed study of the transport and energetics of a Brownian particle moving in a periodic potential in the presence of an adiabatic external periodic drive. The particle is considered to move in a medium with periodic space…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Debasis Dan , Mangal C. Mahato , A. M. Jayannavar

The Brownian motion of a charged particle with finite size (described by Sommerfeld model) is considered. It is found out that due to radiation reaction: (1) the effective temperature of such particle is lower, and (2) the acceleration of…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander A. Vlasov

The movement of a Brownian particle in a fluctuating two-state periodic potential is investigated. At high transition rate, we use a perturbation method to obtain the analytical solution of the model. It is found that the net current is a…

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The pursuit of achieving the maximum power in microscopic thermal engines has gained increasing attention in recent studies of stochastic thermodynamics. We employ the optimal control theory to study the performance of Brownian heat engines…

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We investigate a model of a stochastic engine operating cyclically at constant bath temperature, which consists of an overdamped Brownian harmonic oscillator that plays the role of working substance and is elastically coupled to an active…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-16 Erick Efrain Cote-Valencia , Juan Ruben Gomez-Solano

A Brownian Motor is a nanoscale or molecular device that combines the effects of thermal noise, spatial or temporal asymmetry, and directionless input energy to drive directed motion. Because of the input energy, Brownian motors function…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Dean Astumian

Brownian computers utilize thermal fluctuations as a resource for computation and hold promise for achieving ultra-low-energy computations. However, the lack of a statistical direction in Brownian motion necessitates the incorporation of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-12-23 Sho Nakade , Ferdinand Peper , Kazuki Kanki , Tomio Petrosky

We computationally study the behavior of underdamped active Brownian particles in a sheared channel geometry. Due to their underdamped dynamics, the particles carry momentum a characteristic distance away from the boundary before it is…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-10-23 Caleb G. Wagner , Michael F. Hagan , Aparna Baskaran