Linear stochastic thermodynamics for periodically driven systems
Statistical Mechanics
2016-02-26 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
The theory of linear stochastic thermodynamics is developed for periodically driven systems in contact with a single reservoir. Appropriate thermodynamic forces and fluxes are identified, starting from the entropy production for a Markov process. Onsager coefficients are evaluated, the Onsager-Casimir relations are verified, and explicit expressions are given for an expansion in terms of Fourier components. The results are illustrated on a periodically modulated two level system including the optimization of the power output.
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@article{arxiv.1511.03135,
title = {Linear stochastic thermodynamics for periodically driven systems},
author = {Karel Proesmans and Bart Cleuren and Christian Van den Broeck},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.03135},
year = {2016}
}
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19 pages, 2 figures