Stochastic ratchets

被引:37
作者
Doering, CR [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Michigan, Dept Math, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
来源
PHYSICA A | 1998年 / 254卷 / 1-2期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00006-5
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Recent developments involving transport processes in simple nonlinear stochastic systems, i.e., active transport in fluctuating environments by so-called "ratchet" mechanisms, are briefly reviewed. In these systems, unoriented nonequilibrium fluctuations conspire with spatial anisotropy to generate directed motion. The fundamental principles of these phenomena are discussed, and some motivations for their study are described. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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