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Path-integral analysis of fluctuation theorems for general Langevin processes

Vladimir Y. Chernyak, Michael Chertkov, Christopher Jarzynski

cond-mat.stat-mecharXiv:cond-mat/0605471

Abstract

We examine classical, transient fluctuation theorems within the unifying framework of Langevin dynamics. We explicitly distinguish between the effects of non-conservative forces that violate detailed balance, and non-autonomous dynamics arising from the variation of an external parameter. When both these sources of nonequilibrium behavior are present, there naturally arise two distinct fluctuation theorems.

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