A note on non-equilibrium work fluctuations and equilibrium free energies

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 390, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1240-1247

  Suman Kalyan, M ^a   Anjan Prasad, G ^b   Sastry, V S S ^a   Murthy, K P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classical statistical mechanics; Dissipation; Free energy; Liquid crystal; Non equilibrium and irreversible thermodynamics; Thermodynamics; Work fluctuations

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FREE ENERGY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLASSICAL STATISTICAL MECHANICS; CUMULANT EXPANSION; EQUILIBRIUM FREE ENERGY; LIQUID CRYSTAL SYSTEMS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM PROCESS; NONEQUILIBRIUM AND IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS; SWITCHING PROCESS; WORK FLUCTUATIONS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 79551495560     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. C. Jarzynski Phys. Rev. Lett. 78 1997 2690
2. C. Jarzynski Phys. Rev. E 56 1997 5018 arXiv:cond-mat/9707325
3. Jorge Kurchan J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 31 1998 3719
4. R.J. Harris, and G.M. Schtz J. Stat. Mech. Theory Exp. P07020 2007 1742
5. D.J. Evans Mol. Phys. 101 2003 1551
6. H.B. Callen, and T.A. Welton Phys. Rev. 83 1951 34
7. J.S. Dugdale Entropy and its Physical Meaning 1996 Taylor & Francis p. 60
8. James Clerk Maxwell Tait's thermodynamics Nature 17 1878 257 Reprinted in W.D. Niven (Ed.), The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, vol. II, Cambridge: at the University Press, 1890, p. 660
9. J.C. Maxwell Letter to P.G. Tait, 11 Dec. 1867 G.C. Knot, Life and Scientific Work of Peter Guthrie Tait 1924 Cambridge University Press London 213
10. C.M. Caves Phys. Rev. Lett. 64 1990 2111
11. C.M. Caves, W.G. Unruh, and W.H. Zurek Phys. Rev. Lett. 65 1990 1387
12. H.S. Leff, A.F. Rex, Maxwell's Demon 1990 Princeton Univ. Press Princeton
13. H.S. Leff, A.F. Rex, Maxwell's Demon 2: Entropy, Classical and Quantum Information, Computing 2003 Institute of Physics
14. Milton Abramowitz, Irene A. Stegun, Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables 1972 Dover New York (see Chapter 7)
15. This explanation has taken from the report of an anonymous referee.
16. P.A. Lebwohl, and G. Lasher Phys. Rev. A 7 1973 2222
17. N. Metropolis, A.W. Rosenbluth, M. Rosenbluth, A.H. Teller, and E. Teller J. Chem. Phys. 21 1953 1087
18. J.A. Barker, and R.O. Watts Chem. Phys. Lett. 3 1969 144
19. T. Speck, and U. Seifert Phys. Rev. E 70 2004 066112
20. O. Mazonka, and C. Jarzynski cond-mat/9912121
21. P. Sadhukhan, and S.M. Bhattacharjee J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 43 2010 245001
22. D.J. Evans, and D.J. Searles Phys. Rev. E 50 1994 1645
23. D.J. Evans, and D.J. Searles Phys. Rev. E 53 1996 5808
24. G.E. Crooks J. Stat. Phys. 90 1998 1481
25. G.E. Crooks Phys. Rev. E 61 2000 2361
26. G. Gallavotti, and E.G.D. Cohen Phys. Rev. Lett. 74 1995 2694
27. G. Gallavotti, and E.G.D. Cohen J. Stat. Phys. 80 1995 931