Abstract
The behavior of an on-off ratchet driven by a non-stationary effect is examined numerically. We find that at the stationary/non-stationary transition, mean velocity of the on-off ratchet is independent of mean residence time, in contrast to the situation for a conventional on-off ratchet, whose mean velocity is quite sensitive to the mean residence time. We give a qualitative explanation for this behavior based on distributions of the residence time.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 455-460 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Progress of Theoretical Physics |
| Volume | 115 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2006 Feb |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)