Fluctuation theorem for currents and Schnakenberg network theory
Statistical Mechanics
2015-06-25 v3
Abstract
A fluctuation theorem is proved for the macroscopic currents of a system in a nonequilibrium steady state, by using Schnakenberg network theory. The theorem can be applied, in particular, in reaction systems where the affinities or thermodynamic forces are defined globally in terms of the cycles of the graph associated with the stochastic process describing the time evolution.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0512254,
title = {Fluctuation theorem for currents and Schnakenberg network theory},
author = {David Andrieux and Pierre Gaspard},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0512254},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
new version : 16 pages, 1 figure, to be published in Journal of Statistical Physics