White-noise fluctuation theorem for Langevin dynamics

Author(s)
M. Innerbichler, A. Militaru, M. Frimmer, L. Novotny, C. Dellago
Abstract

Fluctuation theorems (FTs) based on time-reversal have provided remarkable insight into the non-equilibrium statistics of thermodynamic quantities like heat, work, and entropy production. These types of laws impose constraints on the distributions of certain trajectory functionals that reflect underlying dynamical symmetries. In this work, we introduce a detailed FT for Langevin dynamics that follows from the statistics of Gaussian white noise rather than from time-reversal. The theorem, which originates from a point-wise symmetry in phase space, holds individually for each degree of freedom coupled to additive or multiplicative noise. The relation is independent of the phase space distribution generated by the dynamics and can be used to derive a versatile parameter inference algorithm applicable to the a wide range of systems, including non-conservative and non-Markovian ones.

Organisation(s)
Computational and Soft Matter Physics
External organisation(s)
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Journal
New Journal of Physics
Volume
24
No. of pages
17
ISSN
1367-2630
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac9ed6
Publication date
11-2022
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103015 Condensed matter
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
General Physics and Astronomy
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/05fd0eca-e873-40d4-a4ee-b3e1326d9cbf