Ratchet for energy transport between identical reservoirs

Das, Souvik and Narayan, Onuttom and Ramaswamy, Sriram (2002) Ratchet for energy transport between identical reservoirs. In: Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, 66 (5). 050103.

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Abstract

A one-dimensional periodic array of elastically colliding hard points, with a noncentrosymmetric unit cell, connected at its two ends to identical but nonthermal energy reservoirs, is shown to carry a sustained unidirectional energy current.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
Publisher:	The American Physical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to The American Physical Society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	28 Jul 2011 10:03
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2019 06:21
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/39374

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