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Fluctuation, Dissipation and the Arrow of Time

Campisi, Michele and Hänggi, Peter (2011) Fluctuation, Dissipation and the Arrow of Time. [Preprint]

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    Abstract

    The recent development of the theory of fluctuation relations has led to new insights into the ever-lasting question of how irreversible behavior emerges from time-reversal symmetric microscopic dynamics. We provide an introduction to fluctuation relations, examine their relation to dissipation and discuss their impact on the arrow of time question.

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    Item Type: Preprint
    Additional Information: Submitted for publication in the Special Issue "Arrow of Time" of Entropy, edited by C. Callender.
    Keywords: work, entropy, second law, minus first law
    Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
    Depositing User: Dr. Michele Campisi
    Date Deposited: 10 Nov 2011 09:05
    Last Modified: 13 Dec 2011 07:52
    Item ID: 8883
    URI: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8883

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