Speaker
Prof.
Michael Lomholt
(University of Southern Denmark)
Description
Molecules in a channel or proteins on DNA perform
single-file motion, where a single particle is limited in
its motion by its neighbors. I will discuss how an effective
description, in the form of a generalized Langevin equation,
can be derived for such a single particle. In this
description the heat bath consisting of the surrounding
particles will behave viscoelastically. A curios consequence
of this is that the average entropy can transiently decrease.
