Reexamination of experimental tests of the fluctuation theorem

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dc.contributor.author	Narayan, Onuttom	-
dc.contributor.author	Dhar, Abhishek	-
dc.date.accessioned	2007-06-11T06:17:38Z	-
dc.date.available	2007-06-11T06:17:38Z	-
dc.date.issued	2004-01	-
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Physics A, 2004, Vol.37, p63-76	en
dc.identifier.issn	1751-8113	-
dc.identifier.issn	1751-8121 (Online)	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2662	-
dc.description	Restricted Access.	en
dc.description.abstract	The fluctuation theorem and the Jarzynski equality are examined in the light of recent experimental tests. For a particle dragged through a solvent, it is shown that Q, the heat exchanged with the reservoir, does not obey the Jarzynski equality due to slowly decaying tails in its distribution. For molecular stretching experiments, substantial corrections to the Jarzynski equality can result from not measuring the force at the end of the molecule that is moved. We also present a proof of the fluctuation theorem for Langevin dynamics that is considerably simpler than the standard proof.	en
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dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	-
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	IOP Publishing Ltd.	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/37/1/004	en
dc.rights	2004 IOP Publishing Ltd.	en
dc.title	Reexamination of experimental tests of the fluctuation theorem	en
dc.type	Article	en
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