A simple discrete model of Brownian motors: Time-periodic Markov chains

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 831-859

  Ge, Hao ^a   Jiang, Da Quan ^a,b   Qian, Min ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brownian motor; Circulation; Detailed balance; Entropy production; Fluctuation theorem; Periodical reversibility; Time periodic Markov chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747669402     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-006-9099-6     Document Type: Article

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