Path integral analysis of Jarzynski's equality: Analytical results

Autor:	Minh, David D. L., Adib, Artur B.
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
Zdroj:	Phys. Rev. E 79, 021122 (2009) [5 pages]
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevE.79.021122
Popis:	We apply path integrals to study nonequilibrium work theorems in the context of Brownian dynamics, deriving in particular the equations of motion governing the most typical and most dominant trajectories. For the analytically soluble cases of a moving harmonic potential and a harmonic oscillator with time-dependent natural frequency, we find such trajectories, evaluate the work-weighted propagators, and validate Jarzynski's equality. Comment: 10 pages, 1 figure
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0109 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv