From Global to Local Fluctuation Theorems
Statistical Mechanics
2015-05-26 v2 Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract
The Gallavotti-Cohen fluctuation theorem suggests a general symmetry in the fluctuations of the entropy production, a basic concept in the theory of irreversible processes, based on results in the theory of strongly chaotic maps. We study this symmetry for some standard models of nonequilibrium steady states. We give a general strategy to derive a 'local' fluctuation theorem exploiting the Gibbsian features of the stationary space-time distribution. This is applied to spin flip processes and to the asymmetric exclusion process.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0106639,
title = {From Global to Local Fluctuation Theorems},
author = {Christian Maes and Frank Redig and Michel Verschuere},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0106639},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
minor changes, to appear in the Moscow Mathematical Journal