Relation between two proposed fluctuation theorems

dc.creatorEvans, Denis J.
dc.date2004-08-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:59:38Z
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dc.descriptionRecently van Zon and Cohen [1-3] proposed an extension of the Fluctuation Theorems (FTs) of Evans and Searles [4]. For dissipative nonequilibrium systems, Cohen and van Zon studied the fluctuations of the heat absorbed, over a period of time t, by a surrounding thermostat. They showed theoretically that for thermostatted systems their extension does not exhibit the standard form expected for FTs and In the present paper we show that for thermostatted nonequilibrium steady states modeled by Langevin dynamics, the heat function is in fact identical to the time integral of the phase space compression factor which appears in the Gallavotti-Cohen FT (GCFT). Thus the work of van Zon and Cohen confirms at least for Langevin systems, that the GCFT does not apply to thermostatted steady states.
dc.description10 pages. submitted to Phys Rev Letts
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0408195
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0408195
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/24588
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleRelation between two proposed fluctuation theorems
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