Abstract
Jarzynski and Crooks have recently shown that equilibrium free energy differences can be computed from non-equilibrium thermodynamic path integrals. In the present paper we give a new derivation of this extraordinary relation. Our derivation which is valid for time reversible deterministic systems highlights the close relationship between the non-equilibrium free energy theorems and the fluctuation theorem.
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Fluctuation theoremStatistical physicsEnergy (signal processing)Path (computing)Path integral formulationRelation (database)MathematicsPhysicsApplied mathematicsThermodynamicsNon-equilibrium thermodynamicsQuantum mechanicsComputer science
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- 2003
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- 101
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- 10
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- 1551-1554
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Denis J. Evans
(2003).
A non-equilibrium free energy theorem for deterministic systems.
Molecular Physics
, 101
(10)
, 1551-1554.
https://doi.org/10.1080/0026897031000085173
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- 10.1080/0026897031000085173