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arxiv: cond-mat/0701554 · v1 · submitted 2007-01-23 · ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech · cond-mat.soft

Optimal finite-time processes in stochastic thermodynamics

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keywords optimalprotocolfinitesystemtrapanotherbathbeginning
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For a small system like a colloidal particle or a single biomolecule embedded in a heat bath, the optimal protocol of an external control parameter minimizes the mean work required to drive the system from one given equilibrium state to another in a finite time. In general, this optimal protocol obeys an integro-differential equation. Explicite solutions both for a moving laser trap and a time-dependent strength of such a trap show finite jumps of the optimal protocol to be typical both at the beginning and the end of the process.

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