Nonequilibrium steady-state circulation and heat dissipation functional
- 19 July 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 64 (2), 022101
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.64.022101
Abstract
A nonequilibrium steady-state (NESS), different from an equilibrium, is sustained by circular balance rather than detailed balance. The circular fluxes are driven by energy input and heat dissipation, accompanied by a positive entropy production. Based on a Master equation formalism for NESS, we show the circulation is intimately related to the recently studied Gallavotti-Cohen symmetry of heat dissipation functional, which in turn suggests a Boltzmann’s formulalike relation between rate constants and energy in NESS. Expanding this unifying view on NESS to diffusion is discussed.Keywords
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