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Entropy production and fluctuation relations for a KPZ interface

Statistical Mechanics 2010-10-08 v1

Abstract

We study entropy production and fluctuation relations in the restricted solid-on-solid growth model, which is a microscopic realization of the KPZ equation. Solving the one dimensional model exactly on a particular line of the phase diagram we demonstrate that entropy production quantifies the distance from equilibrium. Moreover, as an example of a physically relevant current different from the entropy, we study the symmetry of the large deviation function associated with the interface height. In a special case of a system of length L=4 we find that the probability distribution of the variation of height has a symmetric large deviation function, displaying a symmetry different from the Gallavotti-Cohen symmetry.

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@article{arxiv.1008.3463,
  title  = {Entropy production and fluctuation relations for a KPZ interface},
  author = {A C Barato and R Chetrite and H Hinrichsen and D Mukamel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.3463},
  year   = {2010}
}

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21 pages, 5 figures

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