| Reference : Macroscopic constraints for the minimum entropy production principle |
| Scientific journals : Article | |||
| Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences : Physics | |||
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/10303 | |||
| Macroscopic constraints for the minimum entropy production principle | |
| English | |
Polettini, Matteo  [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Physics and Materials Science Research Unit >] | |
| 16-Nov-2011 | |
| Physical Review. E | |
| American Physical Society | |
| 84 | |
| 5 | |
| Yes | |
| International | |
| [en] In an essential and quite general setup, based on networks, we identify Schnakenberg's observables as the constraints that prevent a system from relaxing to equilibrium, showing that, in the linear regime, steady states satisfy a minimum entropy production principle. The result is applied to master equation systems, opening a new path to a well-known version of the principle regarding invariant states. Moreover, with the aid of a simple example, the principle is shown to conform to Prigogine's original formulation. Finally, we discuss analogies and differences with a recently proposed maximum entropy production principle. | |
| Researchers | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/10303 | |
| 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.051117 | |
| http://pre.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v84/i5/e051117 |
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