Non-equilibrium work relation beyond Boltzmann-Gibbs distribution
Statistical Mechanics
2015-06-18 v2
Abstract
The presence of multiplicative noise can alter measurements of forces acting on nanoscopic objects. Taking into account of multiplicative noise, we derive a series of non-equilibrium thermodynamical equalities as generalization of the Jarzynski equality, the detailed fluctuation theorem and the Hatano-Sasa's relation. Our result demonstrates that the Jarzynski equality and the detailed fluctuation theorem remains valid only for systems with the Boltzmann-Gibbs distribution at the equilibrium state, but the Hatano-Sasa's relation is robust with respect to the ambiguity on multiplicative noise.
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@article{arxiv.1402.0416,
title = {Non-equilibrium work relation beyond Boltzmann-Gibbs distribution},
author = {Ying Tang and Ruoshi Yuan and Ping Ao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.0416},
year = {2015}
}
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6 pages