Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2004-02-01
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
To appear in PRE
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.69.021111
Overdamped motion of Brownian particles in tilted piecewise linear periodic potentials is considered. Explicit algebraic expressions for the diffusion coefficient, current, and coherence level of Brownian transport are derived. Their dependencies on temperature, tilting force, and the shape of the potential are analyzed. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the non-monotonic behavior of the diffusion coefficient as a function of temperature are determined. The diffusion coefficient and coherence level are found to be extremely sensitive to the asymmetry of the potential. It is established that at the values of the external force, for which the enhancement of diffusion is most rapid, the level of coherence has a wide plateau at low temperatures with the value of the Peclet factor 2. An interpretation of the amplification of diffusion in comparison with free thermal diffusion in terms of probability distribution is proposed.
Heinsalu Els
Örd Teet
Tammelo Risto
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