Noiseless limit of a ferrofluid ratchet

Volker Becker and Andreas Engel

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2005, vol. 354, issue C, 59-67

Abstract: The noiseless limit of a thermal ratchet device using ferrofluids is studied in detail. Contrary to previous claims it is proved that no directed transport can occur in this model in the absence of fluctuations.

Keywords: Thermal ratchet; Ferrofluids; Noiseless limit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.03.011

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