2006/02/28 by C. Van den Broeck, R. Kawai · 2 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Gene Regulatory Network Analysis #cond-mat.stat-mech #stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.96.210601
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006), 210601 · 4 pages, 4 figures
arxiv created 2006/04/07 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Onsager symmetry implies that a Brownian motor, driven by a temperature gradient, will also perform a refrigerator function upon loading. We analytically calculate the corresponding heat flow for an exactly solvable microscopic model and compare it with molecular dynamics simulations.