This work extends the domain of vibrational mechanics to higher dimensions, with fast vibrations applied to different ...

This work explores the possibility to arbitrarily shape in space low-frequency magnetic fields using a recently introduced ...

We study the surface states of an excess electron at polyethylene/vacuum interfaces using an accurate reaction-field method, ...

The theoretical treatment of quasi periodically driven quantum systems is complicated by the inapplicability of the Floquet ...

The response of a linear system to an external perturbation is governed by the Fourier limit, with the inverse of the ...

The operation of Brownian motors is usually described in terms of out-of-equilibrium and symmetrybreaking settings, with ...

Polyethylene is commonly used as an insulator for AC power cables. However it is known to undergo chemical and physical ...

We report computer simulations of an excess electron in various structural motifs of polyethylene at room temperature, ...

We analyze the relationship between irrationality and quasiperiodicity in nonlinear driven systems. To that purpose, we ...

We examine the time-dependent behavior of a nonlinear system driven by a two-frequency forcing. By using a nonperturbative ...

We report fully relativistic molecular-dynamics simulations that verify the appearance of thermal equilibrium of a classical ...

We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally the phenomenon of vibrational resonance in a periodic potential, using ...

We consider the problem of the control of transport in higher-dimensional periodic structures by applied ac fields. In a ...

Motivated by recent work [D. Cubero et al., Phys. Rev. E 82, 041116 (2010)], we examine the mechanisms which determine ...

Directed transport in ratchets is determined by symmetry breaking in a system out of equilibrium. A hallmark of rocking ...

By applying a staggered driving force in a prototypical discrete model with a quartic nonlinearity, we demonstrate the ...

In this article, we investigate the stochastic resonance (SR) effect in a finite array of noisy bistable systems with ...

Recent molecular-dynamics simulations show that a dilute relativistic gas equilibrates to a Jüttner velocity distribution ...

The dynamics of a system formed by a finite number N of globally coupled bistable oscillators and driven by external forces ...

The authors concluded that the coarse-graining dynamics of a one-dimensional chain of oscillators interacting through ...

There is an intense debate in the recent literature about the correct generalization of Maxwell’s velocity distribution ...

We study the phenomenon of nonlinear stochastic resonance (SR) in a complex noisy system formed by a finite number of ...

We study the effects of a high-frequency (HF) signal on the response of a noisy bistable system to a low-frequency ...

The effect of a high-frequency signal on the FitzHugh-Nagumo excitable model is analyzed. We show that the firing rate is ...

We use projection operators to address the coarse-grained multiscale problem in harmonic systems. Stochastic equations of ...

We show that the Markovian approximation assumed in current particle-based coarse-grained techniques, like dissipative ...

We use a simple mean field scheme to compute the polarization energy of an excess electron in amorphous polyethylene that ...

We use a pseudopotential model to calculate the electronic states available to an excess electron in crystalline and ...

We use a fast Fourier transform block Lanczos diagonalization algorithm to study the electronic states of excess electrons ...

It is shown that the Boltzmann equation for smooth inelastic hard disks or spheres admits a solution describing a steady ...

Se ha analizado diversos aspectos de la teoría cinética y la hidrodinámica de los flujos granulares diluidos, utilizando ...

The physical mechanisms leading to the development of density inhomogeneities in a freely evolving low density granular ...

The direct Monte Carlo simulation method is used to check the validity of the hydrodynamic description of a low-density ...

The Enskog-Boltzmann equation for a homogeneous freely evolving system of smooth hard disks colliding inelastically is ...

The steady state of a low-density gas of inelastic hard spheres confined between two parallel walls at the same temperature ...

The homogeneous cooling state of a granular flow of smooth spherical particles described by the Boltzmann equation is ...

A self-diffusionequation for a freely evolving gas of inelastic hard disks or spheres is derived starting from the ...