Dissipation and lag in irreversible processes
Statistical Mechanics
2010-12-16 v1
Abstract
When a system is perturbed by the variation of external parameters, a lag generally develops between the actual state of the system and the equilibrium state corresponding to the current parameter values. We establish a microscopic, quantitative relation between this lag and the dissipated work that accompanies the process. We illustrate this relation using a model system.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0909.3457,
title = {Dissipation and lag in irreversible processes},
author = {Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan and Christopher Jarzynski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.3457},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
6 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in EPL