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  • Statistical physics
  • Non-equilibrium systems
  • Complex systems

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  • Brownian motion describes random particle movement.
  • Ratchet potentials create directed motion from random fluctuations.
  • Stochastic resetting introduces periodic resets to particle trajectories.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate Brownian particle drift in a ratchet potential.
  • Analyze the effect of stochastic resetting with fat-tailed distributions.
  • Determine conditions for rectification and anomalous diffusion.

Main Methods:

  • Numerical simulations of particle dynamics.
  • Analytical treatment of stochastic processes.
  • Analysis of Pareto-distributed resetting times with varying tail index β.

Main Results:

  • Rectification observed for β > 2, even with infinite mean resetting time.
  • Rectification suppressed for β < 2.
  • Drift speed maximized for β slightly above 1 (finite, large mean resetting times).
  • Transition from normal to superdiffusive diffusion observed.

Conclusions:

  • Fat-tailed resetting distributions significantly alter Brownian particle behavior in ratchet potentials.
  • Optimal drift and superdiffusion are linked to the tail properties of the resetting time distribution.
  • The study highlights the importance of resetting time statistics in non-equilibrium systems.