Inertial Effects in Nonequilibrium Work Fluctuations by a Path Integral Approach

dc.creatorTaniguchi, Tooru
dc.creatorCohen, E. G. D.
dc.date2007-06-08
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dc.descriptionInertial effects in fluctuations of the work to sustain a system in a nonequilibrium steady state are discussed for a dragged massive Brownian particle model using a path integral approach. We calculate the work distribution function in the laboratory and comoving frames and prove the asymptotic fluctuation theorem for these works for any initial condition. Important and observable differences between the work fluctuations in the two frames appear for finite times and are discussed concretely for a nonequilibrium steady state initial condition. We also show that for finite times a time oscillatory behavior appears in the work distribution function for masses larger than a nonzero critical value.
dc.description16 pages, 7 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0706.1199
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0706.1199
dc.identifierJ. Stat. Phys. 130, 1-26 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1007/s10955-007-9398-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/143954
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleInertial Effects in Nonequilibrium Work Fluctuations by a Path Integral Approach
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