Spectral Fluctuation-Dissipation-Response Inequalities

Abstract

We derive spectral fluctuation--dissipation--response inequalities for finite-state Markov jump processes. By comparing the causal susceptibility to its passive equilibrium reference, we establish frequency-resolved and frequency-integrated inequalities that bound their mismatch in terms of the steady-state entropy production rate, probe variance, short-time perturbation diffusion, and reversible relaxation timescales. Our bounds exactly recover the standard fluctuation--dissipation theorem at equilibrium and apply directly to measurable causal susceptibilities, providing experimentally testable thermodynamic limits on FDT breakdown in driven steady states.