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The nonequilibrium thermodynamics feature of a Brownian motor is investigated by obtaining exact time-dependent solutions. This in turn enables us to investigate not only the long time property (steady-state) but also the short time the…

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The expressions for entropy production, free energy, and entropy extraction rates are derived for a Brownian particle that walks in an underdamped medium. Our analysis indicates that as long as the system is driven out of equilibrium, it…

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Considering viscous friction that varies spatially and temporally, the general expressions for entropy production, free energy, and entropy extraction rates are derived to a Brownian particle that walks in an overdamped and underdamped…

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We analyze the translational and rotational motion of an ellipsoidal Brownian particle from the viewpoint of stochastic thermodynamics. The particle's Brownian motion is driven by external forces and torques and takes place in an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-12-19 Raffaele Marino , Ralf Eichhorn , Erik Aurell

The concept of entropy has been pivotal in the formulation of thermodynamics. For systems driven away from thermal equilibrium, a comparable role is played by entropy production and dissipation. Here we provide a comprehensive picture how…

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We derive general expressions for the free energy, entropy production and entropy extraction rates for a Brownian particle that walks in a viscous medium where the dynamics of its motion is governed by the Langevin equation. It is shown…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-09-14 Mesfin Asfaw Taye

The nonequilibrium thermodynamics feature of a Brownian motor operating between two different heat baths is explored as a function of time $t$. Using the Gibbs entropy and Schnakenberg microscopic stochastic approach, we find exact closed…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-07-08 Mesfin Asfaw Taye

We introduce the idea of {\it collisional models} for Brownian particles, in which a particle is sequentially placed in contact with distinct thermal environments and external forces. Thermodynamic properties are exactly obtained,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-10-07 Angel L. L. Stable , Carlos E. F. Noa , William G. C. Oropesa , C. E. Fiore

In this study, we advance the understanding of non-equilibrium systems by deriving thermodynamic relations for a heat engine operating under an exponentially decreasing temperature profile. Such thermal configurations closely mimic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-04-01 Mesfin Taye

Time-reversal symmetry breaking and entropy production are universal features of nonequilibrium phenomena. Despite its importance in the physics of active and living systems, the entropy production of systems with many degrees of freedom…

We explore the transport features of a Brownian particle that walks in a periodic ratchet potential that is coupled with a spatially varying temperature background. Since the viscous friction of the medium decreases as the temperature of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-07-09 Solomon Fekade Duki , Mesfin Asfaw Taye

Understanding stochastic thermodynamics of active Brownian particles (ABPs) system has been an important topic in very recent years. In this article we study a general model of active Brownian particle systems by introducing a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-05-11 Zhiyu Cao , Jie Su , Huijun Jiang , Zhonghuai Hou

We analyze underdamped Brownian motion in non-isothermal media with quadratic, linear, and piecewise-constant temperature profiles. Exact identities for entropy production and entropy extraction are derived, addressing whether a vanishing…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-10 Mesfin Taye

We study stochastic thermodynamics of over-damped Brownian motion in a flowing fluid. Unlike some previous works, we treat the effects of the flow field as a non-conservational driving force acting on the Brownian particle. This allows us…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-04-23 Jun Wu , Mingnan Ding , Xiangjun Xing

We here present the complete analysis of experiments on driven Brownian motion and electric noise in a $RC$ circuit, showing that thermodynamic entropy production can be related to the breaking of time-reversal symmetry in the statistical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 David Andrieux , Sergio Ciliberto , Nicolas Garnier , Pierre Gaspard , Sylvain Joubaud , Artyom Petrosyan

Non-equilibrium stochastic dynamics of several active Brownian systems are modeled in terms of non-linear velocity dependent force. In general, this force may consist of both even and odd functions of velocity. We derive the expression for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-09-14 Debasish Chaudhuri

We revisit the model of a Brownian particle in a heat bath submitted to an actively controlled force proportional to the velocity that leads to thermal noise reduction (cold damping). We investigate the influence of the continuous feedback…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-04 T. Munakata , M. L. Rosinberg

A major part of the many thermally driven processes in our natural environment as well as in engineering solutions of Carnot-type machinery is based on the second law of thermodynamics (or principle of entropy increase). An interesting link…

General Physics · Physics 2010-09-29 Hans R. Moser

We calculate analytically the stochastic thermodynamic properties of an isothermal Brownian engine driven by a duo of time-periodic forces, including its Onsager coefficients, the stochastic work of each force, and the corresponding…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-10-19 Karel Proesmans , Yannik Dreher , Momčilo Gavrilov , John Bechhoefer , Christian Van den Broeck

We investigate the nonequilibrium steady-state thermodynamics of single Brownian macromolecules with inertia under feedback control in isothermal ambient fluid. With the control being represented by a velocity-dependent external force, we…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kyung Hyuk Kim , Hong Qian
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