Current reversals in a rocking ratchet: Dynamical versus symmetry-breaking mechanisms

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Cubero, D ^a   Lebedev, V ^b,c   Renzoni, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTED TRANSPORT; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM; ROCKING RATCHET; SYMMETRY-BREAKING;

EID: 78651302559     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.041116     Document Type: Article

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