title: Work distributions in the T=0 random field Ising model.
abstract: We perform a numerical study of the three-dimensional random-field Ising model at T=0. We compare work distributions along metastable trajectories obtained with the single-spin flip dynamics with the distribution of the internal energy change along equilibrium trajectories. The goal is to investigate the possibility of extending the Crooks fluctuation theorem [G. E. Crooks, Phys. Rev. E. 60, 2721 (1999)] to zero temperature when, instead of the standard ensemble statistics, one considers the ensemble generated by the quenched disorder. We show that a simple extension of Crooks fails close to the disordered induced equilibrium phase transition due to the fact that work and internal energy distributions are very asymmetric.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 1100, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Illa
authors.forename: Josep Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Huguet
authors.forename: Eduard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vives