Work probability distribution and tossing a biased coin
Statistical Mechanics
2015-05-18 v2
Abstract
We show that the rare events present in dissipated work that enters Jarzynski equality, when mapped appropriately to the phenomenon of large deviations found in a biased coin toss, are enough to yield a quantitative work probability distribution for Jarzynski equality. This allows us to propose a recipe for constructing work probability distribution independent of the details of any relevant system. The underlying framework, developed herein, is expected to be of use in modelling other physical phenomena where rare events play an important role.
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@article{arxiv.1003.2391,
title = {Work probability distribution and tossing a biased coin},
author = {Arnab Saha and Sagar Chakraborty and Jayanta K. Bhattacharjee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.2391},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
6 pages, 4 figures.