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We propose a setup for a quantitative test of the quantum fluctuation theorem. It consists of a quantum conductor, driven by an external voltage source, and a classical inductor-capacitor circuit. The work done on the system by the voltage…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-09 Y. Utsumi , D. S. Golubev , M. Marthaler , Gerd Schön , Kensuke Kobayashi

We present a theory for the steady-state dynamics of a two-dimensional system of spherically symmetric active Brownian particles. The derivation of the theory consists of two steps. First, we integrate out the self-propulsions and obtain a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-05-01 Grzegorz Szamel

The time-reversal symmetry of nonequilibrium fluctuations is experimentally investigated in two out-of-equilibrium systems namely, a Brownian particle in a trap moving at constant speed and an electric circuit with an imposed mean current.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 David Andrieux , Pierre Gaspard , Sergio Ciliberto , Nicolas Garnier , Sylvain Joubaud , Artyom Petrosyan

We calculate the probability distribution of work for an exactly solvable model of a system interacting with its environment. The system of interest is a harmonic oscillator with a time dependent control parameter, the environment is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-17 Yigit Subasi , Christopher Jarzynski

The total entropy production and its three constituent components are described both as fluctuating trajectory-dependent quantities and as averaged contributions in the context of the continuous Markovian dynamics, described by stochastic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-04 Richard E. Spinney , Ian J. Ford

Active biological systems reside far from equilibrium, dissipating heat even in their steady state, thus requiring an extension of conventional equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. In this Letter, we have extended the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-12-22 Dibyendu Mandal , Katherine Klymko , Michael R. DeWeese

At non-zero temperature classical systems exhibit statistical fluctuations of thermodynamic quantities arising from the variation of the system's initial conditions and its interaction with the environment. The fluctuating work, for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Rui Sampaio , Samu Suomela , Tapio Ala-Nissila , Janet Anders , Thomas Philbin

A linearized Vlasov-Poisson system of equations is transformed into a Schr\"{o}dinger equation, which is used to demonstrate that the fluctuation theorem holds for the relative stochastic entropy, defined in terms of the probability density…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-08-11 Hideo Sugama

Consider the motion of a charged, point particle moving in the complement of a Poisson distribution of hard sphere scatterers in two dimensions under the effect of a fixed magnetic field. Building on, and extending a coupling method…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-11-07 Christopher Lutsko , Balint Toth

We focus on the dynamics of a Brownian particle whose mass fluctuates. First we show that the behaviour is similar to that of a Brownian particle moving in a fluctuating medium, as studied by Beck [Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 (2001) 180601]. By…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-06-13 R. Lambiotte , M. Ausloos

We demonstrate that the fluctuation theorem of Gallavotti and Cohen can be used to characterize the class of dynamics that arises in nonthermal systems of collectively interacting particles driven over random quenched disorder. By observing…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-12-05 J. A. Drocco , C. J. Olson Reichhardt , C. Reichhardt

We consider a finite or countable collection of one-dimensional Brownian particles whose dynamics at any point in time is determined by their rank in the entire particle system. Using Transportation Cost Inequalities for stochastic…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-11-11 Soumik Pal , Mykhaylo Shkolnikov

We present a theoretical framework to understand a modified fluctuation-dissipation theorem valid for systems close to non-equilibrium steady-states and obeying markovian dynamics. We discuss the interpretation of this result in terms of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-20 G. Verley , K. Mallick , D. Lacoste

We consider interacting systems particle driven by i.i.d. fractional Brownian motions, subject to irregular, possibly distributional, pairwise interactions. We show propagation of chaos and mean field convergence to the law of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Lucio Galeati , Khoa Lê , Avi Mayorcas

Prolongating our previous paper on the Einstein relation, we study the motion of a particle diffusing in a random reversible environment when subject to a small external forcing. In order to describe the long time behavior of the particle,…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-06-25 Pierre Mathieu , Andrey Piatnitski

Quantum work fluctuation theorem (FT) commonly requires the system initially prepared in an equilibrium state. Whether there exists universal exact quantum work FT for initial state beyond equilibrium needs further discussions. Here, I…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-01-12 Bao-Ming Xu

In this paper, we follow in the footsteps of Onsager and Machlup (OM) and consider diffusion-like paths that are explored by a particle moving via a conservative force while being in thermal equilibrium with its surroundings. Instead of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-04-03 P. J. Malsom , F. J. Pinski

We study the fluctuations of work done and dissipated heat of a Brownian particle in a symmetric double well system. The system is driven by two periodic input signals that rock the potential simultaneously. Confinement in one preferred…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 Navinder Singh , Sourabh Lahiri , A. M. Jayannavar

This paper investigates the Onsager-Machlup functional of stochastic lattice dynamical systems (SLDSs) driven by time-varying noise. We extend the Onsager-Machlup functional from finite-dimensional to infinite-dimensional systems, and from…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-08-19 Xinze Zhang , Yong Li

Recent experiments have demonstrated the generation of coherent mechanical oscillations in a suspended carbon nanotube, which are driven by an electric current through the device above a certain voltage threshold, in close analogy with a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-12 Oisin Culhane , Mark T. Mitchison , John Goold