Fendrik, A.J.; Romanelli, L.; Perazzo, R.P.J. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 368 (2006) 1, pp. 7-15
We analyze a system consisting in many elastically coupled particles that are placed in a periodic ratchet potential on a ring. The system is assumed to be overdamped and driven by an external potential that is periodic both in space and time. The symmetries of the model allow to study the...