Memory effects in nonlinear transport: kinetic equations and ratchet devices

Details Memory effects in nonlinear transport: kinetic equations and ratchet devices Memory effects in nonlinear transport: kinetic equations and ratchet devices

2003-01-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0301261v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

12 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0378-4371(03)00269-3

We present a new method to derive kinetic equations for systems undergoing non-linear transport in the presence of memory effects. In the framework of mesoscopic nonequilibrium thermodynamics, we derive a generalized Fokker-Planck equation incorporating memory effects through time-dependent coefficients. As applications, we first discuss the non-Markovian dynamics of anomalous diffusion in a potential, analyzing the validity of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem. In a second application, we propose a new ratchet mechanism in which the periodic driving acting on the particle is induced by the Onsager coupling of the diffusion current with an oscillating thermodynamic force.

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