On the work distribution in quasi-static processes

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2013/06/P06004zbMATH Open1456.82559arXiv1303.7069OpenAlexW3104643528MaRDI QIDQ3301619FDOQ3301619

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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 derive a systematic, multiple time-scale perturbation expansion for the work distribution in isothermal quasi-static Langevin processes. To first order we find a Gaussian distribution reproducing the result of Speck and Seifert [Phys. Rev. E 70, 066112 (2004)]. Scrutinizing the applicability of perturbation theory we then show that, irrespective of time-scale separation, the expansion breaks down when applied to untypical work values from the tails of the distribution. We thus reconcile the result of Speck and Seifert with apparently conflicting exact expressions for the asymptotics of work distributions in special systems and with an intuitive argument building on the central limit theorem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.7069

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Large deviations (60F10) Classical dynamic and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C05)

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