Complementarity relation for irreversible processes near steady states

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSA.2013.06.045zbMATH Open1396.82016arXiv1201.0923OpenAlexW1963954895MaRDI QIDQ1673250FDOQ1673250

Authors: M. F. Carusela, E. D. Izquierdo, E. Sergio Santini 

Publication date: 11 September 2018

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

Abstract: A relation giving a minimum for the irreversible work in quasi-equilibrium processes was derived by Sekimoto et al. (K. Sekimoto and S. Sasa, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. {�f 66} (1997), 3326) in the framework of stochastic energetics. This relation can also be written as a type of "uncertainty principle" in such a way that the precise determination of the Helmholtz free energy through the observation of the work $<W>$ requires an indefinitely large experimental time $Deltat$. In the present article, we extend this relation to the case of quasi-steady processes by using the concept of non-equilibrium Helmholtz free energy. We give a formulation of the second law for these processes that extends that presented by Sekimoto (K. Sekimoto, Prog. Theo. Phys. Suppl. No. {�f 130} (1998), 17) by a term of the first order in the inverse of the experimental time. As application of our results, two possible experimental situations are considered: stretching of a RNA molecule and the drag of a dipolar particle in the presence of a gradient of electric force.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.0923

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zbMATH Keywords

thermodynamicsLangevin equationfluctuation phenomenastochastic energetics

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)

Cites Work

• Handbook of stochastic methods for physics, chemistry and the natural sciences.
• Stochastic energetics
• Nonequlibrium statistical mechanics. Ensemble method

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• Time-energy uncertainty principle for irreversible heat engines
• Complementary relations in non-equilibrium stochastic processes

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