The Noisy Oscillator (ePub)

The properties of the harmonic oscillator with random frequency or/and random damping formed the content of the first edition. The second edition includes hundreds of publications on this subject since 2005. The noisy oscillator continues to be the subject of intensive studies in physics, chemistry, biology, and social sciences.The new and the latest type of a stochastic oscillator has also been considered, namely, an oscillator with random mass. Such model describes, among other phenomena, Brownian motion with adhesion, where the molecules of the surrounding medium not only randomly collide, but also stick to the Brownian particle for some (random) time, thereby changing its mass. This edition contains two new chapters, eight new sections and an expanded bibliography. A wide group of researchers, students and teachers will benefit from this book.Contents:Deterministic and Random OscillatorsWhite and Color NoiseBrownian MotionOverdamped Harmonic Oscillator with Additive NoiseOverdamped Harmonic Oscillator with Multiplicative NoiseOverdamped Single-Well OscillatorOverdamped Double-Well OscillatorHarmonic Oscillator with Additive NoiseNonlinear Oscillator with Additive NoiseHarmonic Oscillator with Random FrequencyHarmonic Oscillator with Random DampingLinear vs Quadratic NoiseNonlinear Oscillator with Multiplicative NoiseHarmonic Oscillator with Random MassIn the FutureReadership: Scientists working in different fields of physics, chemistry, biology and economics as well as the teaching material for undergraduate and graduate courses.