Rectification of Thermal Fluctuations in Ideal Gases

Authors

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

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Publication Title

Physical Review

Volume

70

First Page

051109-1

Last Page

051109-15

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevE.70.051109

Keywords

rectification, thermal, gases

Disciplines

Other Astrophysics and Astronomy | Other Physics

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.

Comments

Copyright © 2004 American Physical Society. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.70.051109

Recommended Citation

Alejandro Garcia, P. Meurs, and C. Van de Broeck. "Rectification of Thermal Fluctuations in Ideal Gases" Physical Review (2004): 051109-1-051109-15. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.70.051109