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Anomalous transport of a classical wave-particle entity in a tilted potential
1School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
Abstract:
A classical wave-particle entity in the form of a millimetric walking droplet can emerge on the free surface of a vertically vibrating liquid bath. Such wave-particle entities have been shown to exhibit hydrodynamic analogs of quantum systems. Using an idealized theoretical model of this wave-particle entity in a tilted potential, we explore its transport behavior. The integro-differential equation of motion governing the dynamics of the wave-particle entity transforms to a Lorenz-like system of ordinary differential equations that drives the particle's velocity. Several anomalous transport regimes such as absolute negative mobility, differential negative mobility, and lock-in regions corresponding to force-independent mobility are observed. These observations motivate experiments in the hydrodynamic walking-droplet system for the experimental realizations of anomalous transport phenomena.
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