brownian motion

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1 Introduction Brownian motion is the simplest approximate way to treat the dynamics of non equilibrium systems.The fundamental equation to describe the motion of a Brownian particle is Langevin equation which consists of both frictional and random forces.The fluctuation dissipation theorem relates these forces to each other.In soft matter physics Brownian motion of colloidal particles opened a new era in the field of research. When we consider Brownian particles, which are suciently small and light, in uid then it will perform random zig-zag motion. In that case the surrounding uid exerts forces on Brownian particle which are 'systematic' part and random 1

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1 Introduction

Brownian motion is the simplest approximate way to treat the dynamics of non equilibrium systems.Thefundamental equation to describe the motion of a Brownian particle is Langevin equation which consists ofboth frictional and random forces.The fluctuation dissipation theorem relates these forces to each other.Insoft matter physics Brownian motion of colloidal particles opened a new era in the field of research.

When we consider Brownian particles, which are su�ciently small and light, in �uid then it will performrandom zig-zag motion. In that case the surrounding �uid exerts forces on Brownian particle whichare 'systematic' part and random

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