Work fluctuation theorems and free energy from kinetic theory

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/AA9F48MaRDI QIDQ4964429zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Javier Brey, M. J. Ruiz-Montero, Alvaro Domínguez

Publication date 2 March 2021

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.01017

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40)

Abstract: The formulation of the First and Second Principles of thermodynamics for a particle in contact with a heat bath and submitted to an external force is analyzed, by means of the Boltzmann-Lorentz kinetic equation. The possible definitions of the thermodynamic quantities are discussed in the light of the H theorem verified by the distribution of the particle. The work fluctuation relations formulated by Bochkov and Kuzovlev, and by Jarzynski, respectively, are derived from the kinetic equation. In addition, particle simulations using both the direct simulation Monte Carlo method and Molecular Dynamics, are used to investigate the practical accuracy of the results. Work distributions are also measured, and they turn out to be rather complex. On the other hand, they seem to depend very little, if any, on the interaction potential between the intruder and the bath.

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