DelRe, E. and Crosignani, B. and Di Porto, P. and Di Sabatino, S. (2011) Built-in reduction of statistical fluctuations of partitioning objects. Physical Review E, 84 (2). Art. No. 021112 . ISSN 1539-3755. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110822-100033808
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Abstract
Our theoretical and numerical investigation of the movement of an object that partitions a microtubule filled with small particles indicates that vibrations warranted by thermal equilibrium are reached only after a time that increases exponentially with the number of particles involved. This points to a basic mechanical process capable of breaching, on accessible time scales, the ultimate ergodic constraints that force randomness on bound microscale and nanoscale systems.
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| Additional Information: | © 2011 American Physical Society. Received 18 November 2010; revised manuscript received 21 June 2011; published 5 August 2011. Authors are grateful for useful discussion with Claudio Conti. Research was carried out through funding from the Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR) through the Futuro in Ricerca FIRB-grant PHOCOS - RBFR08E7VA. Partial funding was received through the SMARTCONFOCAL project of the Regione Lazio (FILAS grant). | |||||||||
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| Classification Code: | PACS: 05.70.Ln, 83.10.Rs | |||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | |||||||||
| Deposited On: | 22 Aug 2011 17:54 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 26 Dec 2012 13:29 |
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