The Steady State Fluctuation Relation for the Dissipation Function

Searles, Debra; Rondoni, Lamberto; Evans, Denis

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The Steady State Fluctuation Relation for the Dissipation Function

Date

2007

Authors

Searles, Debra

Rondoni, Lamberto

Evans, Denis

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Abstract

We give a proof of transient fluctuation relations for the entropy production (dissipation function) in nonequilibrium systems, which is valid for most time reversible dynamics. We then consider the conditions under which a transient fluctuation relation