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This article studies typical dynamics and fluctuations for a slow-fast dynamical system perturbed by a small fractional Brownian noise. Based on an ergodic theorem with explicit rates of convergence, which may be of independent interest, we…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-08-20 Solesne Bourguin , Siragan Gailus , Konstantinos Spiliopoulos

We describe an experiment in which the quadratures of the position of an harmonically-bound mirror are observed at the attometer level. We have studied the Brownian motion of the mirror, both in the free regime and in the cold-damped regime…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. Briant , P. F. Cohadon , M. Pinard , A. Heidmann

The paper contains mathematical justification of basic facts concerning the Brownian motor theory. The homogenization theorems are proved for the Brownian motion in periodic tubes with a constant drift. The study is based on an application…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-03-09 L. Koralov , S. Molchanov , B. Vainberg

We show that, for fermionic atoms in a one-dimensional optical lattice, the fraction of atoms in doubly occupied sites is a highly non-monotonic function of temperature. We demonstrate that this property persists even in the presence of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-04-30 V. L. Campo , K. Capelle , C. Hooley , J. Quintanilla , V. W. Scarola

In this article we establish the magnitude of fluctuations of the extreme particle in the model of binary branching Brownian motion with a single catalytic point at the origin.

Probability · Mathematics 2022-07-20 Sergey Bocharov

We study a discrete stochastic model of a molecular motor. This discrete model can be viewed as a \emph{minimal} ratchet model. We extend our previous work on this model, by further investigating the constraints imposed by the Fluctuation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Lacoste , A. W. C. Lau , K. Mallick

We introduce thermal fluctuations in the lattice Boltzmann method for non-ideal fluids. A fluctuation-dissipation theorem is derived within the Langevin framework and applied to a specific lattice Boltzmann model that approximates the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-12-01 M. Gross , R. Adhikari , M. E. Cates , F. Varnik

To address the dynamics of a Brownian particle on a periodic symmetric substrate under high-frequency periodic forcing with a vanishing time average, we construct an effective Langevin dynamics by invoking Kapitza-Landau time window. Our…

The efficiency of energy transduction in a temporally asymmetric rocked ratchet is studied. Time asymmetry favours current in one direction and suppresses it in the opposite direction due to which large efficiency ~ 50% is readily obtained.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-07-13 Raishma Krishnan , Mangal C. Mahato , A. M. Jayannavar

We explore the possibility of obtaining unidirectional current in a symmetric (periodic) potential system without the application of any obvious (apparent) externally applied bias. There are many physical models proposed to accomplish this…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. M. Jayannavar

We study many interacting Brownian particles under a tilted periodic potential. We numerically measure the linear response coefficient of the density field by applying a slowly varying potential transversal to the tilted direction. In…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-03-02 Takenobu Nakamura , Shin-ichi Sasa

We develop a novel approach to enable the full-wave simulation of stimulated Brillouin scattering and related phenomena in a frequency-domain, finite-element environment. The method uses transformation optics techniques to implement a…

At fast timescales, the self-similarity of random Brownian motion is expected to break down and be replaced by ballistic motion. So far, an experimental verification of this prediction has been out of reach due to a lack of instrumentation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-03-11 Rongxin Huang , Branimir Lukic , Sylvia Jeney , Ernst-Ludwig Florin

Cavity optomechanical systems enable fine manipulation of nanomechanical degrees of freedom with light, adding operational functionality and impacting their appeal in photonic technologies. We show that distinct mechanical modes can be…

Optics · Physics 2022-10-05 Karl Pelka , Guilhem Madiot , Rémy Braive , André Xuereb

The thermodynamics of mesoscopic systems driven by time-varying temperatures is crucial for understanding biological systems, designing nanoscale engines, and performing micro-particle cooling. In this work, we analyze an underdamped…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-03 Felipe P. Abreu , Welles A. M. Morgado

We consider a linear Boltzmann equation that arises in a model for quantum friction. It describes a particle that is slowed down by the emission of bosons. We study the stochastic process generated by this Boltzmann equation and we show…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-04-25 Roland Bauerschmidt , Wojciech de Roeck , Jürg Fröhlich

The optimal fluctuation method -- essentially geometrical optics -- gives a deep insight into large deviations of Brownian motion. Here we illustrate this point by telling three short stories about Brownian motions, "pushed" into a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-09-19 Baruch Meerson , Naftali R. Smith

As highly tunable interacting systems, cold atoms in optical lattices are ideal to realize and observe negative absolute temperatures, T < 0. We show theoretically that by reversing the confining potential, stable superfluid condensates at…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-11-29 Akos Rapp , Stephan Mandt , Achim Rosch

Starting from a microscopic approach and using the formalism of quantum Brownian motion, partition function of a system composed of two separated pieces of anisotropic matter and a fluctuating medium in finite temperature is obtained…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-15 Fardin Kheirandish

We consider the motion of an active Brownian particle with speed fluctuations in d-dimensions in the presence of both translational and orientational diffusion. We use an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process for active speed generation. Using a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-05-02 Amir Shee , Debasish Chaudhuri