2000/10/26 by Takahiro Hatano, Shin‐ichi Sasa, Shin-ichi Sasa · 89 citations
Neuroscience · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Neural dynamics and brain function #cond-mat.stat-mech #stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.86.3463
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 86, 3463-3466 (2001). · 4 pages
arxiv created 2000/10/26 · openalex publication_date 2001/04/16 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
We study Langevin dynamics describing nonequilibirum steady states. Employing the phenomenological framework of steady-state thermodynamics constructed by Oono and Paniconi [Prog. Theor. Phys. Suppl. 130, 29 (1998)], we find that the extended form of the second law which they proposed holds for transitions between steady states and that the Shannon entropy difference is related to the excess heat produced in an infinitely slow operation. A generalized version of the Jarzynski work relation plays an important role in our theory.