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1Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, 174 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
Abstract:
We analyze the motion of an overdamped classical particle in a multidimensional periodic potential, driven by an external noise. We demonstrate that in the steady state the presence of temporal correlations in the noise and spatial asymmetry within a period of the potential could lead to particle rotation. The rotation is a direct consequence of a change in the sign of the noise-induced drift motion in each dimension. By choosing different potentials, we can generate a variety of flow patterns from laminar drifts to rotations.
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