The large deviation function for entropy production: the optimal trajectory and the role of fluctuations

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2012/12/P12001zbMATH Open1456.60275arXiv1210.3042OpenAlexW3099361986WikidataQ59459954 ScholiaQ59459954MaRDI QIDQ3301305FDOQ3301305

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Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the large deviation function for the entropy production rate in two driven one-dimensional systems: the asymmetric random walk on a discrete lattice and Brownian motion in a continuous periodic potential. We compare two approaches: the Donsker-Varadhan theory and the Freidlin-Wentzell theory. We show that the wings of the large deviation function are dominated by a single optimal trajectory: either in forward (positive rate) or in backward direction (negative rate). The joining of both branches at zero entropy production implies a non-differentiability and thus the appearance of a "kink". However, around zero entropy production many trajectories contribute and thus the kink is smeared out.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.3042

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Large deviations (60F10) Other physical applications of random processes (60K40)

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