Noiseless limit of a ferrofluid ratchet
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Volker Becker; Andreas Engel
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Article
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2005
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The noiseless limit of a thermal ratchet device using ferrofluids is studied in detail. Contrary to previous claims it is proved that no directed transport can occur in this model in the absence of fluctuations.