Harmonic oscillator with fluctuating mass

Moshe Gitterman

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Abstract

We generalize the previously considered cases of a harmonic oscillator subject to a random force (Brownian motion), or having random frequency, or random damping. We consider here a random mass which corresponds to an oscillator where the particles of the surrounding medium adhere to the oscillator for some (random) time after collision, thereby changing the oscillator mass. Such a model is appropriate to chemical and biological solutions as well as to some nano-technological devices. The first moment and stability conditions for white and dichotomous noise are analyzed.
Original languageEnglish
Article number8051
Pages (from-to)1136-1140
Number of pages5
Journaljournal of modern physics
Volume2
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2011

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