1201.0904 (Richard E. Spinney et al.)

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of stochastic systems with odd and even
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Richard E. Spinney, Ian J. Ford

The total entropy production of stochastic systems can be divided into three
quantities. The first corresponds to the excess heat, whilst the second two
comprise the house-keeping heat. We denote these two components the transient
and generalised house-keeping heat and we obtain an integral fluctuation
theorem for the latter, valid for all Markovian stochastic dynamics. A
previously reported formalism is obtained when the stationary probability
distribution is symmetric for all variables that are odd under time reversal
which restricts consideration of directional variables such as velocity.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.0904