%0 Journal Article
%T Quenched Disorder Effects on Deterministic Inertia Ratchets
%A C. M. Arizmendi
%A Fereydoon Family
%A A. L. Salas-Brito
%J Physics
%D 2001
%I arXiv
%R 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.061104
%X The effect of quenched disorder on the underdamped motion of a periodically driven particle on a ratchet potential is studied. As a consequence of disorder, current reversal and chaotic diffusion may take place on regular trajectories. On the other hand, on some chaotic trajectories disorder induces regular motion. A localization effect similar to {\sl Golosov Phenomenon} sets in whenever a disorder threshold that depends on the mass of the particle is reached. Possible applications of the localization phenomenon are discussed.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0102286v1