Lower bounds on dissipation upon coarse graining
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
By different coarse-graining procedures we derive lower bounds on the total mean work dissipated in Brownian systems driven out of equilibrium. With several analytically solvable examples we illustrate how, when, and where the information on the dissipation is captured.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0807.1027,
title = {Lower bounds on dissipation upon coarse graining},
author = {A. Gomez-Marin and J. M. R. Parrondo and C. Van den Broeck},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.1027},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, 8 figures