A charged particle in a magnetic field - Jarzynski Equality
Statistical Mechanics
2015-06-25 v2 Classical Physics
Abstract
We describe some solvable models which illustrate the Jarzynski theorem and related fluctuation theorems. We consider a charged particle in the presence of magnetic field in a two dimensional harmonic well. In the first case the centre of the harmonic potential is translated with a uniform velocity, while in the other case the particle is subjected to an ac force. We show that Jarzynski identity complements Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem on the absence of diamagnetism in equilibrium classical system.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0611516,
title = {A charged particle in a magnetic field - Jarzynski Equality},
author = {A. M. Jayannavar and Mamata Sahoo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0611516},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
5 pages, minor corrections made and journal reference added