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Duality between dissipation-coherence trade-off and thermodynamic speed limit based on thermodynamic uncertainty relation for stochastic limit cycles

Statistical Mechanics 2026-05-04 v3

Abstract

We derive two fundamental trade-offs for general stochastic limit cycles in the weak-noise limit. The first is the dissipation-coherence trade-off, which was discovered and proved under additional assumptions by Santolin and Falasco [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 057101 (2025)]. This trade-off bounds the entropy production required for one oscillatory period using the number of oscillations that occur before steady-state correlations are disrupted. The second is the thermodynamic speed limit, which bounds the entropy production by the Euclidean length of the limit cycle. These trade-offs are obtained by substituting mutually dual observables, derived from the stability of the limit cycle, into the thermodynamic uncertainty relation. This fact allows us to regard the dissipation-coherence trade-off as the dual of the thermodynamic speed limit. We numerically demonstrate these trade-offs using the noisy R\"{o}ssler model. We also apply the trade-offs to stochastic chemical systems, where the diffusion coefficient matrix may contain zero eigenvalues. Furthermore, we show that the dissipation-coherence trade-off is always achievable by appropriately modifying the diffusion coefficient matrix based on the phase reduction.

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@article{arxiv.2509.06421,
  title  = {Duality between dissipation-coherence trade-off and thermodynamic speed limit based on thermodynamic uncertainty relation for stochastic limit cycles},
  author = {Ryuna Nagayama and Sosuke Ito},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.06421},
  year   = {2026}
}

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10 pages, 3 figures (main text) + 22 pages, 2 figures (supplemental material)