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Single particle Brownian motion with solid friction

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We study the Brownian dynamics of a solid particle on a vibrating solid surface. Phenomenologically, the interaction between the two solid surfaces is modeled by solid friction, and the Gaussian white noise models the vibration of the solid surface. The solid friction force is proportional to the sign of relative velocity. We derive the Fokker-Planck (FP) equation for the time-dependent probability distribution to find the particle at a given location. We calculate analytically the steady state velocity distribution function, mean-square velocity and diffusion coefficient in d-dimensions. We present a generic method of calculating the autocorrelations in d-dimensions. This results in one dimension in an exact evaluation of the steady state velocity autocorrelation. In higher dimensions our exact general expression enables the analytic evaluation of the autocorrelation to any required approximation. We present approximate analytic expressions in two and three dimensions. Next, we numerically calculate the mean-square velocity and steady state velocity autocorrelation function up to d = 3 . Our numerical results are in good agreement with the analytically obtained results.

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  1. School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 110067, New Delhi, India

    Prasenjit Das & Sanjay Puri

  2. Beverly and Raymond Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, 69934, Ramat Aviv, Israel

    Moshe Schwartz

  3. Faculty of Engineering, Holon Institute of Technology, Golomb 52, 5810201, Holon, Israel

    Moshe Schwartz

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Das, P., Puri, S. & Schwartz, M. Single particle Brownian motion with solid friction. Eur. Phys. J. E 40, 60 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2017-11549-9

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