Fluctuation Theorem in Driven Nonthermal Systems with Quenched Disorder

Details Fluctuation Theorem in Driven Nonthermal Systems with Quenched Disorder Fluctuation Theorem in Driven Nonthermal Systems with Quenched Disorder

2009-09-10

arxiv.org/abs/0909.2056v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

4 pages, 5 postscript figures

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We demonstrate that the fluctuation theorem of Gallavotti and Cohen can be used to characterize the class of dynamics that arises in nonthermal systems of collectively interacting particles driven over random quenched disorder. By observing the frequency of entropy-destroying trajectories, we show that there are specific dynamical regimes near depinning in which this theorem holds. Hence the fluctuation theorem can be used to characterize a significantly wider class of nonequilibrium systems than previously considered. We discuss how the fluctuation theorem could be tested in specific systems where noisy dynamics appear at the transition from a pinned to a moving phase such as in vortices in type-II superconductors, magnetic domain walls, and dislocation dynamics.

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