Published September 2012
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Journal Article
Failure of the free energy relation under a non-Markovian heat bath temperature change
- Creators
- Liang, Cao
- Cross, Michael
- Zhi-Gang, Zheng
Abstract
We investigate the free energy relation for a system contacting with a non-Markovian heat bath and find that the validity of the relation sensitively depends on the non-Markovian memory effect, which is especially related to the initial preparation effect. This memory effect drives the statistical distribution of the system out of the initial preparation, even if the system starts from an equilibrium state. This leads to the violation of the free energy relation. A possible way of eliminating this memory effect is proposed.
Additional Information
© 2012 Chinese Physical Society and IOP Publishing Ltd. Received 20 March 2012; revised manuscript received 24 May 2012. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10875011 and 11075016), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB814805), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Grant No. 201001), and the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20100003110007). Cao L thanks the support from the China Scholarship Council.Additional details
- Eprint ID
- 35230
- DOI
- 10.1088/1674-1056/21/9/090501
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20121101-100531516
- 10875011
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- 11075016
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- 2007CB814805
- National Basic Research Program of China
- 201001
- Central Universities of China Fundamental Research Funds
- 20100003110007
- Higher Education of China Doctoral Program Research Fund
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
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