Thermodynamics of the general diffusion process: Time-reversibility and entropy production

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 1129-1141

  Qian, Hong ^a,b   Qian, Min ^a   Tang, Xiang ^a,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elliptic equation; Entropy production; Invariant measure; Macromolecular mechanics; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036243184     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015109708454     Document Type: Article

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