Stochastic thermodynamics, fluctuation theorems and molecular machines

U Seifert - Reports on progress in physics, 2012‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Stochastic thermodynamics as reviewed here systematically provides a framework for
extending the notions of classical thermodynamics such as work, heat and entropy …

Equalities and inequalities: Irreversibility and the second law of thermodynamics at the nanoscale

C Jarzynski - Time: Poincaré Seminar 2010, 2012‏ - Springer
The reason we never observe violations of the second law of thermodynamics is a matter of
statistics: When very many degrees of freedom are involved, the odds are overwhelmingly …

Irreversibility in active matter systems: Fluctuation theorem and mutual information

L Dabelow, S Bo, R Eichhorn - Physical Review X, 2019‏ - APS
We consider a Brownian particle which, in addition to being in contact with a thermal bath, is
driven by fluctuating forces which stem from active processes in the system, such as self …

Nonequilibrium fluctuations, fluctuation theorems, and counting statistics in quantum systems

M Esposito, U Harbola, S Mukamel - Reviews of modern physics, 2009‏ - APS
Fluctuation theorems (FTs), which describe some universal properties of nonequilibrium
fluctuations, are examined from a quantum perspective and derived by introducing a two …

Estimating entropy production from waiting time distributions

DJ Skinner, J Dunkel - Physical review letters, 2021‏ - APS
Living systems operate far from thermal equilibrium by converting the chemical potential of
ATP into mechanical work to achieve growth, replication, or locomotion. Given time series …

Inferring entropy production from short experiments

SK Manikandan, D Gupta, S Krishnamurthy - Physical review letters, 2020‏ - APS
We provide a strategy for the exact inference of the average as well as the fluctuations of the
entropy production in nonequilibrium systems in the steady state, from the measurements of …

Improved bounds on entropy production in living systems

DJ Skinner, J Dunkel - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021‏ - National Acad Sciences
Living systems maintain or increase local order by working against the second law of
thermodynamics. Thermodynamic consistency is restored as they consume free energy …

Stochastic thermodynamics: principles and perspectives

U Seifert - The European Physical Journal B, 2008‏ - Springer
Stochastic thermodynamics provides a framework for describing small systems like colloids
or biomolecules driven out of equilibrium but still in contact with a heat bath. Both, a first-law …

Stochastic time evolution, information geometry, and the Cramér-Rao bound

S Ito, A Dechant - Physical Review X, 2020‏ - APS
We investigate the connection between the time evolution of averages of stochastic
quantities and the Fisher information and its induced statistical length. As a consequence of …

Three detailed fluctuation theorems

M Esposito, C Van den Broeck - Physical review letters, 2010‏ - APS
The total entropy production of a trajectory can be split into an adiabatic and a nonadiabatic
contribution, deriving, respectively, from the breaking of detailed balance via nonequilibrium …