Equilibrium free-energy differences from nonequilibrium measurements: A master-equation approach
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 56 (5), 5018-5035
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.56.5018
Abstract
In has recently been shown that the Helmholtz free-energy difference between two equilibrium configurations of a system may be obtained from an ensemble of finite-time (nonequilibrium) measurements of the work performed in switching an external parameter of the system. Here this result is established, as an identity, within the master equation formalism. Examples are discussed and numerical illustrations provided.Keywords
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