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Hydrodynamically consistent many-body Harada-Sasa relation

Statistical Mechanics 2025-05-02 v3 Soft Condensed Matter

Abstract

The effect of hydrodynamic interactions on the non-equilibrium stochastic dynamics of particles -- arising from the conservation of momentum in the fluid medium -- is examined in the context of the relationship between fluctuations, response functions, and the entropy production rate. The multiplicative nature of the hydrodynamic interactions is shown to introduce subtleties that preclude a straightforward extension of the Harada-Sasa relation. A generalization of the definitions involved in the framework is used to propose a new form of the relation applicable to systems with hydrodynamic interactions. The resulting framework will enable characterization of the non-equilibrium properties of living and active matter systems, which are predominantly in suspensions.

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@article{arxiv.2406.16761,
  title  = {Hydrodynamically consistent many-body Harada-Sasa relation},
  author = {Ramin Golestanian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.16761},
  year   = {2025}
}
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