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arxiv: 1507.03068 · v2 · pith:6ZFNN4ERnew · submitted 2015-07-11 · ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech · cond-mat.mes-hall

Stochastic thermodynamics of macrospins with fluctuating amplitude and direction

classification ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech cond-mat.mes-hall
keywords entropystochastictrajectoriesamplitudeconjugatedirectionirreversiblemacrospins
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We consider stochastic energy balance and entropy production (EP) in a generalized Langevin dynamics of macrospins, allowing for both amplitude and direction fluctuations, under external magnetic field. EP is calculated using Fokker-Planck equation, distinguishing between reversible and irreversible parts of probability currents. The system entropy increases due to irreversible non-equilibrium processes, and reduces as heat dissipates to surrounding environment. Using path probability distributions of time-forward trajectories and conjugate trajectories under time reversal, we obtain fluctuation theorems (FT) for total stochastic EP. We show that the choice of conjugate trajectories is crucial in obtaining entropy like quantities that obey FTs.

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