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Directed transport in periodically rocked random sawtooth potentials.

S I Denisov1, T V Lyutyy, E S Denisova

  • 1Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany. stdenis@pks.mpg.de

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|June 13, 2009
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We investigated particle transport in a sawtooth potential. Two distinct transport regimes were identified, with precise conditions for transitions between them detailed.

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