Interaction-controlled Brownian motion in a tilted periodic potential

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2009 Jan;79(1 Pt 1):011116. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.011116. Epub 2009 Jan 14.

Abstract

The drift and diffusion of a few interacting, overdamped Brownian particles in a tilted periodic potential are studied analytically and numerically. Both quantities exhibit a complex multipeaked structure as a function of the equilibrium interparticle separation. Upon variation of the interaction strength, both drift and diffusion may exhibit a nonmonotonic, resonancelike behavior.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't