Elementary simulation of tethered Brownian motion

被引：20

作者：

Beausang, John F. ^{[1
]}

Zurla, Chiara

Finzi, Laura

Sullivan, Luke

Nelson, Philip C.

机构：

[1] Univ Penn, Dept Phys & Astron, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[2] Emory Univ, Dept Phys, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA

[3] Ursinus Coll, Collegeville, PA 19426 USA

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS | 2007年 / 75卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1119/1.2710484

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

We describe a simple simulation, suitable for an undergraduate project or graduate problem set, of the Brownian motion of a particle in a Hooke's law potential well. Understanding this physical situation is necessary in many experimental contexts, for instance in single molecule biophysics, and its simulation helps students appreciate the. dynamical character of thermal equilibrium. The simulation captures behavior seen in experimental data on tethered particle motion. (C) 2007 American Association of Physics Teachers.

引用

页码：520 / 523

页数：4

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