A path integral approach to random motion with nonlinear friction

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/43/2/025003zbMATH Open1183.82080arXiv0910.4663OpenAlexW3123086811MaRDI QIDQ3401993FDOQ3401993

Authors: Adrian Baule, E. G. D. Cohen, Hugo Touchette 

Publication date: 2 February 2010

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using a path integral approach, we derive an analytical solution of a nonlinear and singular Langevin equation, which has been introduced previously by P.-G. de Gennes as a simple phenomenological model for the stick-slip motion of a solid object on a vibrating horizontal surface. We show that the optimal (or most probable) paths of this model can be divided into two classes of paths, which correspond physically to a sliding or slip motion, where the object moves with a non-zero velocity over the underlying surface, and a stick-slip motion, where the object is stuck to the surface for a finite time. These two kinds of basic motions underlie the behavior of many more complicated systems with solid/solid friction and appear naturally in de Gennes' model in the path integral framework.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.4663

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zbMATH Keywords

Euler-Lagrange equationfrictionLangevin equationpath integral approachde Gennes' model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

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