Heat distribution function for motion in a general potential at low temperature

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/42/47/475004zbMATH Open1183.82052arXiv0905.4632OpenAlexW1976444681MaRDI QIDQ3402107FDOQ3402107

Authors: Alberto Imparato, Hans C. Fogedby 

Publication date: 2 February 2010

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the 1D motion of an overdamped Brownian particle in a general potential in the low temperature limit. We derive an explicit expression for the probability distribution for the heat transferred to the particle. We find that the local minima in the potential yield divergent side bands in the heat distribution in addition to the divergent central peak. The position of the bands are determined by the potential gaps. We, moreover, determine the tails of the heat distribution.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.4632

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zbMATH Keywords

Brownian particleheat bathLangevin description

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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