paper

Noiseless limit of a ferrofluid ratchet

arXiv:cond-mat/0411060 · doi:10.1016/j.physa.2005.03.011

Abstract

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.

10 pages, 2 figures