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Ratchet transport of interacting particles
A D Chepelianskii1, M V Entin, L I Magarill
1Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, UMR CNRS 8502, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.
Abstract:
We study analytically and numerically the ratchet transport of interacting particles induced by a monochromatic driving in asymmetric two-dimensional structures. The ratchet flow is preserved in the limit of strong interactions and can become even stronger compared to the noninteracting case. The developed kinetic theory gives a good description of these two limiting regimes. The numerical data show emergence of turbulence in the ratchet flow under certain conditions.
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