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Overdamped trap relaxation after an inertial boundary layer

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For ϵ=km/γ2≪1, momentum relaxes in τm​=m/γ while the trap relaxes in τk​=γ/k. After the fast transient, the slow amplitude is x0​+τm​v0​+O(ϵ). Neglecting the initial-velocity contribution additionally requires ∣τm​v0​∣≪∣x0​∣; small Reynolds number alone does not prove this condition.
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