Fluctuations in heat engines
Result description
At the dawn of thermodynamics, Carnot's constraint on efficiency of heat engines stimulated the formulation of one of the most universal physical principles, the second law of thermodynamics. In recent years, the field of heat engines acquired a new twist due to enormous efforts to develop and describe microscopic machines based on systems as small as single atoms. At microscales, fluctuations are an inherent part of dynamics and thermodynamic variables such as work and heat fluctuate. Novel probabilistic formulations of the second law imply general symmetries and limitations for the fluctuating output power and efficiency of the small heat engines. Will their complete understanding ignite a similar revolution as the discovery of the second law? Here, we review the known general results concerning fluctuations in the performance of small heat engines. To make the discussion more transparent, we illustrate the main abstract findings on exactly solvable models and provide a thorough theoretical introduction for newcomers to the field.
Keywords
fluctuation theoremsprobability distributions for work and heatpower and power fluctuations at reversible efficiencyfluctuating efficiencythermodynamic uncertainty relationsheat enginesfluctuations
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Result code in IS VaVaI
Result on the web
https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=X59iok198E
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Fluctuations in heat engines
Original language description
At the dawn of thermodynamics, Carnot's constraint on efficiency of heat engines stimulated the formulation of one of the most universal physical principles, the second law of thermodynamics. In recent years, the field of heat engines acquired a new twist due to enormous efforts to develop and describe microscopic machines based on systems as small as single atoms. At microscales, fluctuations are an inherent part of dynamics and thermodynamic variables such as work and heat fluctuate. Novel probabilistic formulations of the second law imply general symmetries and limitations for the fluctuating output power and efficiency of the small heat engines. Will their complete understanding ignite a similar revolution as the discovery of the second law? Here, we review the known general results concerning fluctuations in the performance of small heat engines. To make the discussion more transparent, we illustrate the main abstract findings on exactly solvable models and provide a thorough theoretical introduction for newcomers to the field.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
Jimp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10300 - Physical sciences
Result continuities
Project
GC20-02955J: Dynamics and thermodynamics in artificial and natural active systems with delay
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
ISSN
1751-8113
e-ISSN
1751-8121
Volume of the periodical
55
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
41
Pages from-to
013001
UT code for WoS article
000730934000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85122872855
Basic information
Result type
Jimp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
OECD FORD
Physical sciences
Year of implementation
2022