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Optimal transport and phase transition in dichotomic ratchets

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  • Kostur, M
  • Knapczyk, G
  • Łuczka, J

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We revisit the problem of transport of an overdamped particle in spatially periodic potentials which is driven by exponentially correlated dichotomic noise of zero mean value. There are three transport regimes: transportless, non-diffusive and diffusive. The stationary average velocity of the particle can exhibit a behavior similar to a second-order phase transition with respect to an ‘order parameter’ being the noise amplitude: for a small noise amplitude it is zero. When the noise exceeds the critical amplitude, the non-diffusive regime occurs in which the velocity is an increasing (or decreasing) function of the noise amplitude. Near the onset of the transition point, it obeys the power-law scaling with the exponent which depends on order of the force at its global minimum. In the diffusive regime, the stationary average velocity is a decreasing (or increasing) function of the noise amplitude. The maximal absolute velocity is for the noise amplitude which separates the non-diffusive and diffusive regimes.

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  • Kostur, M & Knapczyk, G & Łuczka, J, 2003. "Optimal transport and phase transition in dichotomic ratchets," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 325(1), pages 69-77.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:325:y:2003:i:1:p:69-77
    DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(03)00185-7
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