An Einstein relation for nonequilibrium steady states

Condensed Matter lunchtime seminar

An Einstein relation for nonequilibrium steady states

  • Event time: 1:00pm
  • Event date: 29th November 2004
  • Speaker: Tom Hanney (University of Edinburgh)
  • Location: Room 2511,

Event details

A guiding principle of equilibrium statistical mechanics is provided by the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, the simplest form of which is the Einstein relation. This relation, between steady state fluctuation properties of a system and its linear response to an external perturbation, is well understood in equilibrium but it is not known in general how to obtain such a relation for systems driven away from equilibrium. I will discuss the Einstein relation in the context of stochastic models, and illustrate how one can obtain an Einstein relation for certain nonequilibrium steady states.

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