Sedimentation of Brownian particles in a gravitational potential

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 483-493

  Felderhof, B U ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Entropy; Gravitational potential; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036393183     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020446127749     Document Type: Article

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