"Rectification of Thermal Fluctuations in Ideal Gases" by Alejandro Garcia

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Rectification of Thermal Fluctuations in Ideal Gases

Physical Review (2004)

Alejandro Garcia, San Jose State University
P. Meurs, Limburgs Universitair Centrum
C. Van de Broeck, Limburgs Universitair Centrum

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Abstract

We calculate the systematic average speed of the adiabatic piston and a thermal Brownian motor, introduced by C. Van den Broeck, R. Kawai and P. Meurs [Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 090601 (2004)], by an expansion of the Boltzmann equation and compare with the exact numerical solution.

Keywords

rectification,
thermal,
gases

Disciplines

Other Astrophysics and Astronomy and
Other Physics

Publication Date

2004

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Alejandro Garcia, P. Meurs and C. Van de Broeck. "Rectification of Thermal Fluctuations in Ideal Gases" Physical Review Vol. E 70 (2004)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alejandro_garcia1/23/