Direct measurement of shear-induced cross-correlations of Brownian motion.
Direct measurement of shear-induced cross-correlations of Brownian motion.
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.103.230602
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发表时间:
2009-09
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8.6
通讯作者:
A. Ziehl;J. Bammert;L. Holzer;C. Wagner;W. Zimmermann
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作者:
A. Ziehl;J. Bammert;L. Holzer;C. Wagner;W. Zimmermann
Shear-induced cross-correlations of particle fluctuations perpendicular and along streamlines are investigated experimentally and theoretically. Direct measurements of the Brownian motion of micron-sized beads, held by optical tweezers in a shear-flow cell, show a strong time asymmetry in the cross-correlation, which is caused by the non-normal amplification of fluctuations. Complementary measurements on the single particle probability distribution substantiate this behavior and both results are consistent with a Langevin model. In addition, a shear-induced anticorrelation between orthogonal random displacements of two trapped and hydrodynamically interacting particles is detected, having one or two extrema in time, depending on the positions of the particles.