A possible classification of nonequilibrium steady states

Details A possible classification of nonequilibrium steady states A possible classification of nonequilibrium steady states

2006-05-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0605301v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

7 pages, 2 figures. Accepted by Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Scientific paper

10.1088/0305-4470/39/24/L04

We propose a general classification of nonequilibrium steady states in terms of their stationary probability distribution and the associated probability currents. The stationary probabilities can be represented graph-theoretically as directed labelled trees; closing a single loop in such a graph leads to a representation of probability currents. This classification allows us to identify all choices of transition rates, based on a master equation, which generate the same nonequilibrium steady state. We explore the implications of this freedom, e.g., for entropy production.

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