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Title: Rectification of thermal fluctuations in ideal gases
Authors: MEURS, Pascal 
VAN DEN BROECK, Christian 
Garcia, A.
Issue Date: 2004
Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOCIETY
Source: Physical review: E: statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 70(5). p. 051109-...
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.
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/6992
ISSN: 1063-651X
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.051109
ISI #: 000225970500017
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: ecoom 2006
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