Direct Route to Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relations and Their Saturation

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.130.087101arXiv2208.06402MaRDI QIDQ6407726FDOQ6407726

Publication date: 12 August 2022

Abstract: Thermodynamic uncertainty relations (TURs) bound the dissipation in non-equilibrium systems from below by fluctuations of an observed current. Contrasting the elaborate techniques employed in existing proofs, we here prove TURs directly from the Langevin equation. This establishes the TUR as an inherent property of overdamped stochastic equations of motion. In addition, we extend the transient TUR to currents and densities with explicit time-dependence. By including current-density correlations we, moreover, derive a new sharpened TUR for transient dynamics. Our arguably simplest and most direct proof, together with the new generalizations, allows us to systematically determine conditions under which the different TURs saturate and thus allows for a more accurate thermodynamic inference. Finally we outline the direct proof also for Markov jump dynamics.

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