Feynman's ratchet and pawl

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 615-632

  Magnasco, Marcelo O ^a   Stolovitzky, Gustavo ^a,b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0039400002     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:joss.0000033245.43421.14     Document Type: Article

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