Various experimental techniques have been advanced in recent years
to measure non-equilibrium energy transformations on
the microscopic scale of single molecules. In general, the
systems studied in the corresponding experiments are
exposed to strong thermal fluctuations and thus the relevant
energetic variables such as work and heat become stochastic. This
thesis addresses challenging theoretical problems in this active
field of current research: 1) Exact analytical solutions of work
and heat distributions for isothermal non-equilibrium processes in
suitable models are obtained; 2) Corresponding solutions for cyclic
processes involving two different heat reservoirs are found; 3)
Optimization of periodic driving protocols for such cyclic
processes with respect to maximal output power, efficiency and
minimal power fluctuations is studied. The exact solutions for work
and heat distributions provide a reference for
theoretical investigations of more complicated models, giving
insight into the structure of the tail of work distributions
and serving as valuable test cases for simulations of
the underlying stochastic processes.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer International Publishing AG
|
| Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
| Series: |
Springer Theses |
| Release date: |
September 2016 |
| First published: |
2014 |
| Authors: |
Viktor Holubec
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
152 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-319-36064-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Physics >
Atomic & molecular physics
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
3-319-36064-7 |
| Barcode: |
9783319360645 |
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