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We propose an alternative method to compute the entropy production of a classical underdamped nonequilibrium system in a continuous phase space. This approach has the advantage that it is not necessary to distinguish between even and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-10-23 David Luposchainsky , Haye Hinrichsen

We review and discuss the equations governing the distribution of work done on a system which is driven out of equilibrium by external manipulation, as well as those governing the entropy flow to a reservoir in a nonequilibrium system. We…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-08-07 A. Imparato , L. Peliti

Semi-Markov processes play an important role in the effective description of partially accessible systems in stochastic thermodynamics. They occur, for instance, in coarse-graining procedures such as state lumping and when analyzing waiting…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-19 Alexander M. Maier , Jonas H. Fritz , Udo Seifert

We extend the canonical Gibbs distribution, originally formulated for systems at equilibrium, to systems driven out of equilibrium. The stochastic dynamics of a small system are described by a probability distribution over discrete energy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-31 Jean-Luc Garden

Entropy production along a single stochastic trajectory of a biomolecule is discussed for two different sources of non-equilibrium. For a molecule manipulated mechanically by an AFM or an optical tweezer, entropy production (or…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-06-20 Tim Schmiedl , Thomas Speck , Udo Seifert

We derive the entropy production for transport of multi-phase fluids in a non-deformable, porous medium exposed to differences in pressure, temperature, and chemical potentials. Thermodynamic extensive variables on the macro-scale are…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-12-03 Signe Kjelstrup , Dick Bedeaux , Alex Hansen , Bjørn Hafskjold , Olav Galteland

The appealing theoretical measure of irreversibility in a stochastic process, as the ratio of the probabilities of a trajectory and its time reversal, cannot be accessed directly in experiment since the probability of a single trajectory is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-04-14 Julian Kappler , Ronojoy Adhikari

The Boltzmann distribution connects the energetics of an equilibrium system with its statistical properties, and it is desirable to have a similar principle for non-equilibrium systems. Here, we derive a variational principle for the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-05 Atul Tanaji Mohite , Heiko Rieger

A complete mathematical theory of nonequilibrium thermodynamics of stochastic systems in terms of master equations is presented. As generalizations of isothermal entropy and free energy, two functions of states play central roles: the Gibbs…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-05-28 Hao Ge , Hong Qian

Energy flow in bio-molecular motors and machines are vital to their function. Yet experimental observations are often limited to a small subset of variables that participate in energy transport and dissipation. Here we show, through a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-17 Shou-Wen Wang , Kyogo Kawaguchi , Shin-ichi Sasa , Lei-Han Tang

Some microscopic dynamics are also macroscopically irreversible, dissipating energy and producing entropy. For many-particle systems interacting with deterministic thermostats, the rate of thermodynamic entropy dissipated to the environment…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-01-13 Swetamber Das , Jason R. Green

We revisit the defect-induced nonequilibrium phase transition from a largely homogeneous free-flow phase to a phase-separated congested phase in the sublattice totally asymmetric simple exclusion process (TASEP) with local deterministic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-06-27 Gunter M. Schütz

We obtain a simple direct derivation of the differential equation governing the entropy flow probability distribution function of a stochastic system first obtained by Lebowitz and Spohn. Its solution agrees well with the experimental…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-25 A. Imparato , L. Peliti

By examining the deterministic limit of a general $\epsilon$-dependent generator for Markovian dynamics, which includes the continuous Fokker-Planck equations and discrete chemical master equations as two special cases, the intrinsic…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-10-27 Liu Hong , Hong Qian

Many have speculated whether nonequilibrium systems obey principles of maximum or minimum entropy production. In this work, we use stochastic thermodynamics to derive the condition for the minimum entropy production state (MEPS) for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-07-25 Kyle J. Ray , Alexander B. Boyd

Fluctuations of observables as functions of time, or "fluctuation patterns", are studied in a chaotic microscopically reversible system that has irreversibly reached a nonequilibrium stationary state. Supposing that during a certain, long…

chao-dyn · Physics 2008-10-08 G. Gallavotti

We show that a reversible pumping mechanism operating between two states of a kinetic network can give rise to Poisson transitions between these two states. An external observer, for whom the pumping mechanism is not accessible, will…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-06 Massimiliano Esposito , Juan MR Parrondo

We consider the stationary measure of the asymmetric simple exclusion process (ASEP) on a finite interval in $\mathbb{Z}$ with open boundaries. Fixing all the jump rates and letting the system size approach infinity, the height profile of…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-12-18 Milind Hegde , Zongrui Yang

The entropy produced when a quantum system is driven away from equilibrium can be decomposed in two parts, one related with populations and the other with quantum coherences. The latter is usually based on the so-called relative entropy of…

Using statistical thermodynamics, we derive a general expression of the stationary probability distribution for thermodynamic systems driven out of equilibrium by several thermodynamic forces. The local equilibrium is defined by imposing…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-12 Giorgio Sonnino , György Steinbrecher , Alessandro Cardinali , Alberto Sonnino , Mustapha Tlidi