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Nonequilibrium fluctuation response relation in a time scale separated system

Statistical Mechanics 2016-10-04 v1

Abstract

We present a theoretical framework to analyze the violation of fluctuation-response relation (FRR) for any observable from a finite Markov system with two well-separated time scales. We find that, generally for both slow and fast observables, a broad plateau exists in the intermediate frequency region, which contributes to a finite hidden entropy production. Assuming that non-equilibrium behavior arises only from coupling of slow and fast processes, we find that, at large observation time scae, the effective temperature for a slow observable deviates only slightly from the bath temperature, accompanied by an emerging well-defined effective potential landscape, while the deviation is significant for a fast observable. Our study also identifies a wider range of applicability of the Harada-Sasa equality in Markov jumping systems.

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@article{arxiv.1610.00120,
  title  = {Nonequilibrium fluctuation response relation in a time scale separated system},
  author = {Shou-Wen Wang and Kyogo Kawaguchi and Shin-ichi Sasa and Lei-Han Tang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.00120},
  year   = {2016}
}

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19 pages, 8 figures

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