851 research outputs found
Equilibrium Chemical Engines
An equilibrium reversible cycle with a certain engine to transduce the energy
of any chemical reaction into mechanical energy is proposed. The efficiency for
chemical energy transduction is also defined so as to be compared with Carnot
efficiency. Relevance to the study of protein motors is discussed. KEYWORDS:
Chemical thermodynamics, Engine, Efficiency, Molecular machine.Comment: 5 pages, late
Sum rule for response function in nonequilibrium Langevin systems
We derive general properties of the linear response functions of
nonequilibrium steady states in Langevin systems. These correspond to extension
of the results which were recently found in Hamiltonian systems [A. Shimizu and
T. Yuge, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. {\bf 79}, 013002 (2010)]. We discuss one of the
properties, the sum rule for the response function, in particular detail. We
show that the sum rule for the response function of the velocity holds in the
underdamped case, whereas it is violated in the overdamped case. This implies
that the overdamped Langevin models should be used with great care. We also
investigate the relation of the sum rule to an equality on the energy
dissipation in nonequilibrium Langevin systems, which was derived by Harada and
Sasa.Comment: 8 page
The Carnot Cycle for Small Systems: Irreversibility and the Cost of Operations
We employ the recently developed framework of the energetics of stochastic
processes (called `stochastic energetics'), to re-analyze the Carnot cycle in
detail, taking account of fluctuations, without taking the thermodynamic limit.
We find that both processes of connection to and disconnection from heat
baths and adiabatic processes that cause distortion of the energy distribution
are sources of inevitable irreversibility within the cycle. Also, the so-called
null-recurrence property of the cumulative efficiency of energy conversion over
many cycles and the irreversible property of isolated, purely mechanical
processes under external `macroscopic' operations are discussed in relation to
the impossibility of a perpetual machine, or Maxwell's demon.Comment: 11 pages with 3 figures. Resubmitted to Physical Review E. Many
paragraphs have been modifie
A detection of ill-formed patterns about programming style
Programming style plays an important role in program understanding andmaintenance. We have implemented a plan recognition system for source code search,and have attempted detection of ill-formed patterns about programming style through it. In this paper, we present experimental result obtained from a prototype system. Weascertained that our system is able to diagnose various items about programming style,so it may be used as an effective tool of programming style diagnosis.ArticleKnowledge-based software engineering : proceedings of the Third Joint Conference on Knowledge-based Software Engineering in Smolenice, Slovakia, 1998. 165-168 (1998)conference pape
Momentum transfer in non-equilibrium steady states
When a Brownian object interacts with non-interacting gas particles under
non-equilibrium conditions, the energy dissipation associated to the Brownian
motion causes an additional force on the object as a `momentum transfer
deficit'. This principle is demonstrated first by a new NESS model and then
applied to several known models such as adiabatic piston for which simple
explanation has been lacking.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Inattainability of Carnot efficiency in the Brownian heat engine
We discuss the reversibility of Brownian heat engine. We perform asymptotic
analysis of Kramers equation on B\"uttiker-Landauer system and show
quantitatively that Carnot efficiency is inattainable even in a fully
overdamping limit. The inattainability is attributed to the inevitable
irreversible heat flow over the temperature boundary.Comment: 5 pages, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Energetics of Forced Thermal Ratchet
Molecular motors are known to have the high efficiency of energy
transformation in the presence of thermal fluctuation.
Motivated by the surprising fact, recent studies of thermal ratchet models
are showing how and when work should be extracted from non-equilibrium
fluctuations.
One of the important finding was brought by Magnasco where he studied the
temperature dependence on the fluctuation-induced current in a ratchet
(multistable) system and showed that the current can generically be maximized
in a finite temperature.
The interesting finding has been interpreted that thermal fluctuation is not
harmful for the fluctuation-induced work and even facilitates its efficiency.
We show, however, this interpretation turns out to be incorrect as soon as we
go into the realm of the energetics
[Sekimoto,J.Phys.Soc.Jpn.66,1234-1237(1997)]: the efficiency of energy
transformation is not maximized at finite temperature, even in the same system
that Magnasco considered. The maximum efficiency is realized in the absence of
thermal fluctuation. The result presents an open problem whether thermal
fluctuation could facilitate the efficiency of energetic transformation from
force-fluctuation into work.Comment: 3pages, 4sets of figure
Brownian Motors driven by Particle Exchange
We extend the Langevin dynamics so that particles can be exchanged with a
particle reservoir. We show that grand canonical ensembles are realized at
equilibrium and derive the relations of thermodynamics for processes between
equilibrium states. As an application of the proposed evolution rule, we devise
a simple model of Brownian motors driven by particle exchange. KEYWORDS:
Langevin Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Open SystemsComment: 5 pages, late
Work Relation and the Second Law of Thermodynamics in Nonequilibrium Steady States
We extend Jarzynski's work relation and the second law of thermodynamics to a
heat conducting system which is operated by an external agent. These extensions
contain a new non equilibrium contribution expressed as the violation of the
(linear) response relation caused by the operation. We find that a natural
extension of the minimum work principle involves information about the
time-reversed operation, and is far from straightforward. Our work relation may
be tested experimentally especially when the temperature gradient is small.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
Brownian dynamics around the core of self-gravitating systems
We derive the non-Maxwellian distribution of self-gravitating -body
systems around the core by a model based on the random process with the
additive and the multiplicative noise. The number density can be obtained
through the steady state solution of the Fokker-Planck equation corresponding
to the random process. We exhibit that the number density becomes equal to that
of the King model around the core by adjusting the friction coefficient and the
intensity of the multiplicative noise. We also show that our model can be
applied in the system which has a heavier particle. Moreover, we confirm the
validity of our model by comparing with our numerical simulation.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure
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