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Heat fluctuations and fluctuation theorems in the case of multiple reservoirs

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2014/11/P11011

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transport processes/heat transfer (theory); large deviations in non-equilibrium systems; heat conduction

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We consider heat fluctuations and fluctuation theorems for systems driven by multiple reservoirs. We establish a fundamental symmetry obeyed by the joint probability distribution for the heat transfers and system coordinates. The symmetry leads to a generalisation of the asymptotic fluctuation theorem for large deviations at large times. As a result the presence of multiple reservoirs influences the tails in the heat distribution. The symmetry, moreover, allows for a simple derivation of a recent exact fluctuation theorem valid at all times. Including a time dependent work protocol we also present a derivation of the integral fluctuation theorem.

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