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ArticleScience advances2026

Observation of super-ballistic Brownian motion in liquid.

Jason Boynewicz, Michael C Thumann, Mark G Raizen

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Article in Science advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jason BoynewiczDepartment of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3089-782X
Michael C ThumannDepartment of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Mark G RaizenDepartment of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6908-8907

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Abstract

Brownian motion is a foundational physical process characterized by a mean squared displacement that scales linearly in time in thermal equilibrium, known as diffusion. At short times, the mean squared displacement becomes ballistic, scaling as [Formula: see text]. This effect was predicted by Einstein in 1907 and recently observed experimentally. We report that this picture is only true on average; by conditioning specific initial velocities, we predict theoretically and confirm by experiment that the mean squared displacement becomes super-ballistic, with a power scaling law of [Formula: see text]. This result is due to the colored noise of incompressible fluids, resulting in a nonzero first moment for the thermal force when conditioned on nonzero initial velocities. These results are a step toward the unraveling of nonequilibrium dynamics of fluids.

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