Abstract
Using a nonperturbative classical approach, we study the dynamics of a mobile particle interacting with an infinite one-dimensional (1D) chain of harmonic oscillators. This minimal system is an effective model for many 1D transport phenomena, such as molecular motion in nanotubes and ionic conduction through solid-state materials. As expected, coupling between the mobile particle and the chain induces dissipation of the mobile particle's energy. However, both numerical and analytic results demonstrate an unconventional nonmonotonic dependence of the drag on particle speed. In addition, when this system is subjected to a constant bias, it supports multiple steady-state drift velocities.
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