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Using the stochastic thermodynamics, we determine the entropy production and the dynamic heat capacity of systems subject to a sinusoidally time dependent temperature, in which case the systems are permanently out of thermodynamic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-06-26 Carlos E. Fiore , Mário J. de Oliveira

The standard approach to non-equilibrium thermodynamics describes transport in terms of generalised forces and coupled currents, a typical example being the Fourier law that relates temperature gradient to the heat flux. Here we demonstrate…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-20 Simone Borlenghi , Stefano Iubini , Stefano Lepri , Lars Bergqvist , Anna Delin , Jonas Frannson

Gradients in temperature and particle concentration fuel many processes in the physical and biological world. In the present work we study a thermodynamic engine powered by anisotropic thermal excitation (that may be due to e.g., a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-13 Olga Movilla Miangolarra , Amirhossein Taghvaei , Tryphon T. Georgiou

We propose a stochastic order parameter equation for describing phase coexistence in steady heat conduction near equilibrium. By analyzing the stochastic dynamics with a non-equilibrium adiabatic boundary condition, where total energy is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-06-23 Shin-ichi Sasa , Naoko Nakagawa , Masato Itami , Yohei Nakayama

Stochastic Spatio-Temporal processes are prevalent across domains ranging from modeling of plasma to the turbulence in fluids to the wave function of quantum systems. This letter studies a measure-theoretic description of such systems by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-25 George I. Boutselis , Ethan N. Evans , Marcus A. Pereira , Evangelos A. Theodorou

Brownian particles placed sequentially in contact with distinct thermal reservoirs and subjected to external driving forces are promising candidates for the construction of reliable thermal engines. In this contribution, we address the role…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-06-14 Fernando S. Filho , Bruno A. N. Akasaki , Carlos E. Fernadéz Noa , Bart Cleuren , Carlos E. Fiore

We summarize and extend some of the results obtained recently for the microscopic and macroscopic behavior of a pinned harmonic chain, with random velocity flips at Poissonian times, acted on by a periodic force {at one end} and in contact…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-05-17 Tomasz Komorowski , Joel Lebowitz , Stefano Olla , Marielle Simon

Stochastic thermodynamics has largely succeeded in characterizing both equilibrium and far-from-equilibrium phenomena. Yet many opportunities remain for application to mesoscopic complex systems -- especially biological ones -- whose…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-11-08 Mikhael T. Semaan , James P. Crutchfield

A system of two coupled oscillators, each of them coupled to an independent reservoir, is analysed. The analytical solution of the non-rotating wave master equation is obtained in the high-temperature and weak coupling limits. No thermal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-07 A. Ghesquière , I. Sinayskiy , F. Petruccione

Cooperative effects of periodic force and noise in globally Cooperative effects of periodic force and noise in globally coupled systems are studied using a nonlinear diffusion equation for the number density. The amplitude of the order…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-07 Hidetsugu Sakaguchi

We use thermodynamic perturbation theory to calculate the free energies and resulting phase diagrams of binary systems of spherical colloidal particles and interacting polymer coils in good solvent within an effective one-component…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Rotenberg , J. Dzubiella , J. -P. Hansen , A. A. Louis

Open-loop control is known to be an effective strategy for controlling self-excited thermoacoustic oscillations in turbulent combustors. In this study, we investigate the suppression of thermoacoustic instability in a lean premixed,…

We study the transition probability and coherence of a two-site system, interacting with an oscillator. Both properties depend on the initial preparation. The oscillator is prepared in a thermal state and, even though it cannot be…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Simone Paganelli , Sergio Ciuchi

It is understood that congestion in traffic can be interpreted in terms of the instability of the equation of dynamic motion. The evolution of a traffic system from an unstable or metastable state to a globally stable state bears a strong…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-12-06 Wei-Liang Qian , Bin Wang , Kai Lin , Romuel F. Machado , Yogiro Hama

Universal properties of the statistics of stochastic efficiency for mesoscopic time-reversal symmetry broken energy transducers are revealed in the Gaussian approximation. We also discuss how the second law of thermodynamics restricts the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-07-23 Jian-Hua Jiang , Bijay Kumar Agarwalla , Dvira Segal

A system responding to a stochastic driving signal can be interpreted as computing, by means of its dynamics, an implicit model of the environmental variables. The system's state retains information about past environmental fluctuations,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-10-09 Susanne Still , David A. Sivak , Anthony J. Bell , Gavin E. Crooks

Spontaneous synchronization between coupled periodic systems occur in a wealth of classical physical setups. Here, we show theoretically that the phase of two distinct quantum harmonic oscillators spontaneously when they are strongly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Loic Henriet

The thermodynamic formalism, which was first developed for dynamical systems and then applied to discrete Markov processes, turns out to be well suited for continuous time Markov processes as well, provided the definitions are interpreted…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Vivien Lecomte , Cecile Appert-Rolland , Frederic Van-Wijland

The dynamics of interacting bosons in one dimension following the sudden switching on of a weak disordered potential is investigated. On time scales before quasiparticles scatter (prethermalized regime), the dephasing from random elastic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-19 Marco Tavora , Achim Rosch , Aditi Mitra

Low-temperature-differential (LTD) Stirling engines are heat engines that can operate autonomously with a slight temperature difference between low-temperature heat reservoirs and are thus expected to contribute to a sustainable society. A…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2023-11-15 Songhao Yin , Hiroshi Kori , Yuki Izumida