Physics – Data Analysis – Statistics and Probability
Scientific paper
2008-03-04
Physics
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letters
Scientific paper
We study the trajectories of a single colloidal particle as it hops between two energy wells A and B, which are sculpted using adjacent optical traps by controlling their respective power levels and separation. Whereas the dynamical behaviors of such systems are often treated by master-equation methods that focus on particles as actors, we analyze them here instead using a trajectory-based variational method called Maximum Caliber, which utilizes a dynamical partition function. We show that the Caliber strategy accurately predicts the full dynamics that we observe in the experiments: from the observed averages, it predicts second and third moments and covariances, with no free parameters. The covariances are the dynamical equivalents of Maxwell-like equilibrium reciprocal relations and Onsager-like dynamical relations. In short, this work describes an experimental model system for exploring full trajectory distributions in one-particle two-state systems, and it validates the Caliber approach as a useful way to understand trajectory-based dynamical distribution functions in this system.
Dill Ken
Fraser Scott
Ghosh Kingshuk
Inamdar Mandar
Lee Heun Jin
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