Mathematical formalism for isothermal linear irreversibility

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 457, Issue 2011, 2001, Pages 1645-1655

  Qian, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Entropy production rate; Fluctuation dissipation relation; Reversibility; Stochastic macromolecular mechanics; Sweeping

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249114484     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2001.0811     Document Type: Article

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