2020•arXiv (Cornell University)Open access
Dissipation Asymmetry Relation
Michele Campisi
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Abstract
We establish a relation between the degree of dissipation and the degree of
asymmetry of the statistics of random quantities obeying the fluctuation
theorem. The relation is expressed in terms of a lower bound on the average
dissipation: the more asymmetry is displayed the more dissipation is necessary
to sustain it. The reported result improves the thermodynamic uncertainty
relation that similarly establishes a lower bound on average dissipation in
terms of the precision of the statistics. The result is illustrated with
examples and generalisations.