Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Dispersionless transport in a washboard potential.

Katja Lindenberg1, J M Sancho, A M Lacasta

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 0340, and Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|March 16, 2007
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Non-Markovian phonon-driven transport of locally excited quasiparticles.

Physical review. E·2026
Same author

Laboratory Prognostic Index (LAB-PI) in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a single blood analysis predicts outcomes as good as IPI, NCCN-IPI, and GELTAMO-IPI.

ESMO open·2025
Same author

Collapses and revivals of spin polarization quantum oscillations in two-dimensional systems of spin 1/2 charged particles with spin-orbit interaction.

Physical review. E·2024
Same author

Subconductance states in a semimicroscopic model for a tetrameric pore.

Physical review. E·2024
Same author

Lenalidomide in combination with R-ESHAP in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: A phase 2 study from GELTAMO.

British journal of haematology·2023
Same author

Quantum interference effects in multi-channel correlated tunneling structures.

Scientific reports·2021

We discovered a new particle motion regime where particles move coherently over long times, unlike typical dispersive or nonlinear behaviors. This finding offers a distinct perspective on particle dynamics in washboard potentials.

Area of Science:

  • Physics
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Statistical Mechanics

Background:

  • Underdamped particles in periodic potentials are fundamental in various physical systems.
  • Previous studies focused on nonlinear response and large dispersion regimes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate and characterize a novel dynamical regime for underdamped particles.
  • To understand particle behavior in a tilted washboard potential under specific conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical analysis of particle dynamics.
  • Numerical simulations of particle motion in a tilted washboard potential.

Main Results:

  • Identified a new regime of nondispersive, coherent particle motion.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Observed that particle position distributions move at constant velocity and are non-Gaussian.
  • This regime occurs for small friction and a finite range of applied forces.

    • Conclusions:

    • This coherent motion regime is distinct from known nonlinear response and large dispersion regimes.
    • The findings provide a new understanding of particle dynamics in periodic potentials.
    • Highlights the complexity of particle behavior beyond traditional models.