Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2011-01-24
Phys. Rev. E 83, 031107 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
7 figures, to appear in Physical Review E
Scientific paper
Entropy production is one of the most important characteristics of non-equilibrium steady states. We study here the steady-state entropy production, both at short times as well as in the long-time limit, of two important classes of non-equilibrium systems: transport systems and reaction-diffusion systems. The usefulness of the mean entropy production rate and of the large deviation function of the entropy production for characterizing non-equilibrium steady states of interacting many-body systems is discussed. We show that the large deviation function displays a kink-like feature at zero entropy production that is similar to that observed for a single particle driven along a periodic potential. This kink is a direct consequence of the detailed fluctuation theorem fulfilled by the probability distribution of the entropy production and is therefore a generic feature of the corresponding large deviation function.
Dorosz Sven
Pleimling Michel
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