Extension of the fluctuation theorem |
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Authors: | van Zon R Cohen E G D |
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Institution: | The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA. |
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Abstract: | Heat fluctuations are studied in a dissipative system with both deterministic and stochastic components for a simple model: a Brownian particle dragged through water by a moving potential. An extension of the 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 carried out by Wang et al. |
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