Fluctuation-dissipation relation for a Langevin particle

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Fluctuation-dissipation relation for a Langevin particle by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-11-05
For a one-dimensional inertial Langevin equation
let be the physical viscous drag coefficient and let be zero-mean Gaussian white noise. Equilibrium at temperature requires
To see the normalization, the stationary velocity variance of this Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process is . The equipartition theorem requires , giving the displayed relation. After dividing the equation by , the acceleration-noise amplitude is and the damping rate is ; these coefficients must not be interchanged. In several independent Cartesian directions the same formula applies to each component, rather than to their sum.

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