1206.0084 (Pulak Kumar Ghosh et al.)

Characterizing dynamical transitions in bistable system using
non-equilibrium measurement of work    [PDF]

Pulak Kumar Ghosh, Deb Shankar Ray

We show how Jarzynski relation can be exploited to analyze the nature of order-disorder and a bifurcation type dynamical transition in terms of a response function derived on the basis of work distribution over non-equilibrium paths between two thermalized states. The validity of the response function extends over linear as well as nonlinear regime and far from equilibrium situations.

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