title: Fluctuation relation for heat.
abstract: We present a fluctuation relation for heat dissipation in a nonequilibrium system. A nonequilibrium work is known to obey the fluctuation theorem in any time interval t. Heat, which differs from work by an energy change, is shown to satisfy a modified fluctuation relation. Modification is brought about by the correlation between heat and energy change during nonequilibrium processes whose effect may not be negligible even in the t→∞ limit. The fluctuation relation is derived for overdamped Langevin equation systems, and tested in a linear diffusion system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Seoul, Seoul 130-743, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Dong
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.forename: Jong-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Park