An Extension of the Fluctuation Theorem

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.91.110601arXivcond-mat/0305147WikidataQ79116127 ScholiaQ79116127MaRDI QIDQ6465883FDOQ6465883

Authors: Ramses van Zon, E. G. D. Cohen 

Publication date: 7 May 2003

Abstract: Heat fluctuations are studied in a dissipative system with both mechanical and stochastic components for a simple model: a Brownian particle dragged through water by a moving potential. An extended stationary state fluctuation theorem is derived. For infinite time, this reduces to the conventional fluctuation theorem only for small fluctuations; for large fluctuations, it gives a much larger ratio of the probabilities of the particle to absorb rather than supply heat. This persists for finite times and should be observable in experiments similar to a recent one of Wang et al.

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