Thesis defense

Masters thesis: Confined Brownian motion: Fick-Jacobs Equation and Stochastic Thermodynamics

Name: Masters thesis: Confined Brownian motion: Fick-Jacobs Equation and Stochastic Thermodynamics
Start: 2017-09-14T13:10:00+02:00
End: 2017-09-14T14:30:00+02:00
Location: 112:028

by Cristoph Streißnig (Stockholm University, Fysikum, and Nordita)

Thursday 14 Sept 2017, 13:10 → 14:30 Europe/Stockholm

112:028

Description

Brownian motion confined in a two dimensional channel with varying cross-section under the influence of an external force field is examined. In particular, a one dimensional equation approximately describing the dynamics of the Brownian particles is derived, a generalization of the well known Fick-Jacobs equation. This generalized Fick-Jacobs equation is numerically verified by Brownian dynamics simulations for a special case of the external force field. Furthermore the generalized Fick-Jacobs equation is investigated in the context of stochastic thermodynamics.