A Local Fluctuation Theorem

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25 January 1999

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/9901256

Abstract

The Fluctuation Theorem (FT) gives an analytic expression for the probability, in a nonequilibrium system of finite size observed for a finite time, that the dissipative flux will flow in the reverse direction to that required by the Second Law of Thermodynamics. In the present letter a Local version of the Fluctuation Theorem (LFT), is derived. We find that in the case of planar Poiseuille flow of a Newtonian fluid between thermostatted walls, non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulation results support LFT.

Keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION
FLUCTUATION THEOREM
ANALYTIC EXPRESSION
PLANAR POISEUILLE
LOCAL FLUCTUATION
THEOREM
FINITE
LFT

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