1308.0082 (Upendra Harbola et al.)

Large deviation function and fluctuation theorem for classical particle
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Upendra Harbola, Christian Van den Broeck, Katja Lindenberg

We analytically evaluate the large deviation function in a simple model of classical particle transfer between two reservoirs. We illustrate how the asymptotic large time regime is reached starting from a special propagating initial condition. We show that the steady state fluctuation theorem holds provided that the distribution of the particle number decays faster than an exponential, implying analyticity of the generating function and a discrete spectrum for its evolution operator.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1308.0082