Takihiro Hatano (Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo): Nonequilibrium thermodynamic relations and their generalization to athermal systems
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Tanacsterem
Tanacsterem
Description
Many thermodynamic relations have been derived in these 20 years describing general nonequilibrium systems. They applicability is not limited to local equilibrium systems, but extends to a much wider context as long as the microscopic dynamics possesses a kind of reversibility.
We briefly review some of such relations, including the Fluctuation Theorem, Jarzynski’s and Crooks’ equalities, and an extended form of the Second Law for nonequilibrium steady states. Then we discuss their (possible) extensions to athermal systems, such as granular matter and earthquakes.
