A Gallavotti-Cohen Type Symmetry in the Large Deviation Functional for Stochastic Dynamics

We extend the work of Kurchan on the Gallavotti–Cohen fluctuation theorem, which yields a symmetry property of the large deviation function, to general Markov processes. These include jump processes describing the evolution of stochastic lattice gases driven in the bulk or through particle reservoirs, general diffusive processes in physic...更多