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Le Chatelier principle for out of equilibrium and boundary driven systems : application to dynamical phase transitions

Statistical Mechanics 2016-06-22 v1

Abstract

A stability analysis of out of equilibrium and boundary driven systems is presented. It is performed in the framework of the hydrodynamic macroscopic fluctuation theory and assuming the additivity principle whose interpretation is discussed with the help of a Hamiltonian description. An extension of Le Chatelier principle for out of equilibrium situations is presented which allows to formulate the conditions of validity of the additivity principle. Examples of application of these results in the realm of classical and quantum systems are provided.

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@article{arxiv.1510.05254,
  title  = {Le Chatelier principle for out of equilibrium and boundary driven systems : application to dynamical phase transitions},
  author = {Ohad Shpielberg and Eric Akkermans},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.05254},
  year   = {2016}
}

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9 pages, no figures, supplemental material included