On the range of validity of the fluctuation theorem for stochastic Markovian dynamics

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dc.creatorRákos, A.
dc.creatorHarris, R. J.
dc.date2007-11-21
dc.date2008-06-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:42:45Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:42:45Z
dc.descriptionWe consider the fluctuations of generalized currents in stochastic Markovian dynamics. The large deviations of current fluctuations are shown to obey a Gallavotti-Cohen (GC) type symmetry in systems with a finite state space. However, this symmetry is not guaranteed to hold in systems with an infinite state space. A simple example of such a case is the Zero-Range Process (ZRP). Here we discuss in more detail the already reported breakdown of the GC symmetry in the context of the ZRP with open boundaries and we give a physical interpretation of the phases that appear. Furthermore, the earlier analytical results for the single-site case are extended to cover multiple-site systems. We also use our exact results to test an efficient numerical algorithm of Giardina, Kurchan and Peliti, which was developed to measure the current large deviation function directly. We find that this method breaks down in some phases which we associate with the gapless spectrum of an effective Hamiltonian.
dc.description37 pages, 10 figures. Minor alterations, fixed typos (as appeared in JSTAT)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3372
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3372
dc.identifierJournal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2008, P05005
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/1742-5468/2008/05/P05005
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/162298
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleOn the range of validity of the fluctuation theorem for stochastic Markovian dynamics
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