1303.3756 (Wolfgang Muschik)

Jarzynski Equality and Irreversibility    [PDF]

Wolfgang Muschik

Using methods of phenomenological non-equilibrium thermodynamics, the proof is performed that Jarzynski's equality is only valid in the reversible limit and that a conclusion to non-equilibrium inequalities concerning free energy and work is not possible and therefore not allowed.

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