Fluctuation theorems for a molecular refrigerator.
We extend fluctuation theorems to a molecular refrigeration system that consists of Brownian particles in a heat bath under feedback control of their velocities. Such control can actively remove heat from the bath due to an entropy-pumping mechanism [Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 120602 (2004)]. The presence of entropy pumping in an underdamped Brownian system modifies both the Jarzynski equality and the fluctuation theorems. We discover that the entropy pumping has a dual role of work and heat.
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Kyung Hyuk
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Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. kkim@u.washington.edu
Qian
Hong
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