The Physical Origins of Entropy Production, Free Energy Dissipation and their Mathematical Representations

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2009-11-20

arxiv.org/abs/0911.3984v2

Phys. Rev. E 81, 051133 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

4 pages, no figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.81.051133

A complete mathematical theory of nonequilibrium thermodynamics of stochastic systems in terms of master equations is presented. As generalizations of isothermal entropy and free energy, two functions of states play central roles: the Gibbs entropy $S$ and the relative entropy $F$, which are related via the stationary distribution of the stochastic dynamics. $S$ satisfies the fundamental entropy balance equation $dS/dt=e_p-h_d/T$ with entropy production rate $e_p\ge 0$ and heat dissipation rate $h_d$, while $dF/dt=-f_d\le 0$. For closed systems that satisfy detailed balance: $Te_p(t)=f_d(t)$. For open system one has $Te_p(t)=f_d(t)+Q_{hk}(t)$ where the housekeeping heat $Q_{hk}\ge 0$ was first introduced in the phenomenological nonequilibrium steady state thermodynamics. Entropy production $e_p$ consists of free energy dissipation associated with spontaneous relaxation, $f_d$, and active energy pumping that sustains the open system $Q_{hk}$. The amount of excess heat involved in the relaxation $Q_{ex}=h_d-Q_{hk} = f_d-T(dS/dt)$.

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