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Jarzynski equality for the transitions between nonequilibrium steady states

1999; American Physical Society; Volume: 60; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physreve.60.r5017

1538-4519

Takahiro Hatano,

Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics

Jarzynski equality [Phys. Rev. E 56, 5018 (1997)], which has been considered to be valid for the transitions between equilibrium states, is found to be applicable to the transitions between nonequilibrium stationary states satisfying certain conditions. Also numerical results confirm its validity. Its relevance for nonequilibrium thermodynamics of the operational formalism is discussed.