Fluctuation and Dissipation of Work in a Joule Experiment

2005/11/28 by B. Cleuren, Bart Cleuren, C. Van den Broeck +2 · 6 citations
Chemistry · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics #cond-mat.stat-mech #thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.96.050601

published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 050601 (2006) · 5 pages, 3 figures

arxiv created 2005/11/28 · openalex publication_date 2006/02/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We elucidate the connection between various fluctuation theorems by a microcanonical version of the Crooks relation. We derive the microscopically exact expression for the work distribution in an idealized Joule experiment, namely, for a convex object moving at constant speed through an ideal gas. Analytic results are compared with molecular dynamics simulations of a hard disk gas.

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