Fluctuating Non-linear Non-equilibrium System in Terms of Nambu Thermodynamics

Abstract

It is shown that the structure of non-equilibrium thermodynamic system far from equilibrium can be captured in terms of a generalized "Nambu dynamics", in the presence of fluctuation effects in non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Triangular reactions are examined in detail, and it is shown that Nambu brackets can be used to describe them even when they are far from equilibrium, such as with cycles. Time evolution of the non-equilibrium state using the Hamiltonian and entropy is analyzed and it is shown that the entropy evolution is periodic with the negative contribution caused by the Hamiltonian suppressing the increase caused by entropy. As concrete examples, chemical reaction systems with time oscillation, such as the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction (BZ reaction), Hindmarsh-Rose(H-R) mode, are examined.