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Testing the irreversibility of a Gibbsian process via hitting and return times

Mathematical Physics 2009-11-11 v2 Dynamical Systems math.MP

Abstract

We introduce estimators for the entropy production of a Gibbsian process based on the observation of a single or two typical trajectories. These estimators are built with adequate hitting and return times. We then study their convergence and fluctuation properties. This provides statisticals test for the irreversibility of Gibbsian processes.

Cite

@article{arxiv.math-ph/0503071,
  title  = {Testing the irreversibility of a Gibbsian process via hitting and return times},
  author = {J. -R. Chazottes and F. Redig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0503071},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

16 pages; Corrected version; To appear in Nonlinearity