Introduction to nonequilibrium work relations

Speaker(s)

Daniel K. Wójcik

Affiliation

Instytut Biologii Doświadczalnej im. M. Nenckiego

Date

Jan. 24, 2007, 4:15 p.m.

Room

room 5840

Seminar

Seminar of Biomathematics and Game Theory Group

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Nonequilibrium work relations discovered by Chris Jarzynski are an example of symmetries found recently for several classes of nonequilibrium problems. These symmetries typically connect probability of a given process with that of its "reverse". I will briefly introduce Jarzynski relations, sketch a proof in a special case and illustrate them with a recent experiment on stretching DNA.

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