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Dissipative Heat Decomposition in Stochastic Energetics: Implication of the Instantaneous Diffusion Coefficient in Nonequilibrium Steady States

Statistical Mechanics 2014-12-09 v1 Quantitative Methods

Abstract

We give a decomposition expression for dissipative heat using the instantaneous diffusion coefficient in a nonequilibrium steady state. The dissipative heat can be expressed using three diffusion coefficients: instantaneous, equilibrium, and drift. An experimental application of the decomposition expression permits us to evaluate the heat dissipation rate from single-trajectory data only. We also numerically demonstrate this method.

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@article{arxiv.1411.5155,
  title  = {Dissipative Heat Decomposition in Stochastic Energetics: Implication of the Instantaneous Diffusion Coefficient in Nonequilibrium Steady States},
  author = {Soya Shinkai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.5155},
  year   = {2014}
}

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6 pages, 1 figure