Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-29-2010
Publication Title
Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Department
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
We report on numerical simulations of the dynamics of a test particle coupled to competing Boltzmann heat baths of finite size. After discussing some features of the single bath case, we show that the presence of two heat baths further constrains the conditions necessary for the test particle to thermalize with the heat baths. We find that thermalization is a spectral property in which the oscillators of the bath with frequencies in the range of the test particle characteristic frequency determine its degree of thermalization. We also find an unexpected frequency shift of the test particle response with respect to the spectra of the two heat baths. Finally, we discuss implications of our results for the study of high-frequency nanomechanical resonators through cold damping cooling techniques, and for engineering reservoirs capable of mitigating the back-action on a mechanical system.
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevE.79.031128
Original Citation
Wei Q, Smith ST, Onofrio R. Equilibrium states of a test particle coupled to finite-size heat baths. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2009 Mar;79(3 Pt 1):031128. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.031128. Epub 2009 Mar 31. PMID: 19391923.
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Wei, Qun; Smith, S. Taylor; and Onofrio, Roberto, "Equilibrium States of a Test Particle Coupled to Finite-Size Heat Baths" (2010). Dartmouth Scholarship. 1990.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/1990
