Origin of the violation of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem in systems with activated dynamics

DOI10.1016/S0378-4371(03)00634-4zbMATH Open1037.82037arXivcond-mat/0210089OpenAlexW3101734154MaRDI QIDQ1409679FDOQ1409679

Authors: A. Pérez-Madrid, David Reguera, J. M. Rubi 

Publication date: 19 October 2003

Published in: Physica A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We analyze the validity of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem for slow relaxation systems in the context of mesoscopic nonequilibrium thermodynamics. We demonstrate that the violation arises as a natural consequence of the elimination of fast variables in the description of a glassy system, and it is intrinsically related to the underlying activated nature of slow relaxation. In addition, we show that the concept of effective temperature, introduced to characterize the magnitude of the violation, is not robust since it is observable-dependent, can diverge, or even be negative.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0210089

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zbMATH Keywords

effective temperaturemesoscopic nonequilibrium thermodynamicsfast-variable elimination

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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