Stochastic thermodynamics for delayed Langevin systems

Details Stochastic thermodynamics for delayed Langevin systems Stochastic thermodynamics for delayed Langevin systems

2011-02-19

arxiv.org/abs/1102.3969v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

16 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.83.061145

Stochastic thermodynamics (ST) for delayed Langevin systems are discussed. By using the general principles of ST, the first-law-like energy balance and trajectory-dependent entropy s(t) can be well-defined in a similar way as that in a system without delay. Since the presence of time delay brings an additional entropy flux into the system, the conventional second law $<{\Delta {s_{tot}}}> \ge 0$ no longer holds true, where $\Delta {s_{tot}}$ denotes the total entropy change along a stochastic path and $<...>$ stands for average over the path ensemble. With the help of a Fokker-Planck description, we introduce a delay-averaged trajectory-dependent dissipation functional $\eta [{\chi(t)}]$ which involves the work done by a delay-averaged force $\bar F({x,t})$ along the path $\chi (t)$ and equals to the medium entropy change $\Delta {s_m}[ {x(t)}]$ in the absence of delay. We show that the total dissipation functional R = \Delta s + \eta, where $\Delta s$ denotes the system entropy change along a path, obeys $< R > \ge 0$, which could be viewed as the second law in the delayed system. In addition, the integral fluctuation theorem $< =1 also holds true. We apply these concepts to a linear Langevin system with time delay and periodic external force. Numerical results demonstrate that the total entropy change $< {\Delta {s_{tot}}} >$ could indeed be negative when the delay feedback is positive. By using an inversing-mapping approach, we are able to obtain the delay-averaged force $\bar F({x,t})$ from the stationary distribution and then calculate the functional $R$ as well as its distribution. The second law $< R > \ge 0$ and the fluctuation theorem are successfully validated.

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