Thinking transport as a twist
Statistical Mechanics
2015-05-13 v2
Abstract
The determination of the conductivity of a deterministic or stochastic classical system coupled to reservoirs at its ends can in general be mapped onto the problem of computing the stiffness (the `energy' cost of twisting the boundaries) of a quantum-like operator. The nature of the coupling to the reservoirs determines the details of the mechanical coupling of the torque at the ends.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.0807.2921,
title = {Thinking transport as a twist},
author = {Cristian Giardina and Jorge Kurchan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.2921},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
21 pages, 1 figure. Minor corrections in Eq. (4)