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Stochastic Thermodynamics of oscillators networks

Statistical Mechanics 2019-01-30 v1

Abstract

We apply the stochastic thermodynamics formalism to describe the dynamics of systems of complex Langevin and Fokker-Planck equations. We provide in particular a simple and general recipe to calculate thermodynamical currents, dissipated and propagating heat for networks of nonlinear oscillators. By using the Hodge decomposition of thermodynamical forces and fluxes, we derive a formula for entropy production that generalises the notion of non-potential forces and makes trans- parent the breaking of detailed balance and of time reversal symmetry for states arbitrarily far from equilibrium. Our formalism is then applied to describe the off-equilibrium thermodynamics of a few examples, notably a continuum ferromagnet, a network of classical spin-oscillators and the Frenkel-Kontorova model of nano friction.

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@article{arxiv.1810.01753,
  title  = {Stochastic Thermodynamics of oscillators networks},
  author = {Simone Borlenghi and Anna Delin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.01753},
  year   = {2019}
}

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8 pages, 1 figure