We have found, by varying two parameters, several stationary trajectories in a system consisting in many elastically coupled particles that are placed in a periodic ratchet potential on a ring. The system is assumed to be over-damped and driven by an external potential that is periodic both in...

We discuss the connections between Brownian ratchets (BR) and stochastic resonance (SR). We consider a periodic potential energy landscape with no left–right symmetry that is driven by an external force which can be derived from a potential that is periodic both in time and space. We show that...

We analyze a system consisting in many elastically coupled particles that are placed in a periodic ratchet potential on a ring. The system is assumed to be overdamped and driven by an external potential that is periodic both in space and time. The symmetries of the model allow to study the...