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Measuring the Instantaneous Velocity of a Brownian Particle in Air

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Chapter 4 covers the theory of Brownian motion in air at short time scales, a home-built detection system with ultrahigh resolution, and the results of our measurement of the instantaneous velocity of a Brownian particle in air.

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Li, T. (2013). Measuring the Instantaneous Velocity of a Brownian Particle in Air. In: Fundamental Tests of Physics with Optically Trapped Microspheres. Springer Theses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6031-2_4

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