Stochastic energetics / K. Sekimoto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sekimoto, K.

Series:

Lecture notes in physics ; 799.

Lecture notes in physics, 1616-6361 ; 799

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stochastic processes.

Mathematical physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 300 p. 94 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2010.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stochastic Energetics by now commonly designates the emerging field that bridges the gap between stochastic dynamical processes and thermodynamics. Triggered by the vast improvements in spatio-temporal resolution in nanotechnology, stochastic energetics develops a framework for quantifying individual realizations of a stochastic process on the mesoscopic scale of thermal fluctuations. This is needed to answer such novel questions as: Can one cool a drop of water by agitating an immersed nano-particle? How does heat flow if a Brownian particle pulls a polymer chain? Can one measure the free-energy of a system through a single realization of the associated stochastic process? This book will take the reader gradually from the basics to the applications: Part I provides the necessary background from stochastic dynamics (Langevin, master equation), Part II introduces how stochastic energetics describes such basic notions as heat and work on the mesoscopic scale, Part III details several applications, such as control and detection processes, as well as free-energy transducers. It aims in particular at researchers and graduate students working in the fields of nanoscience and technology.

Contents:

Background of the energetics of stochastic processes

Physics of Langevin Equation

Structure of Macroscopic Thermodynamics

Fluctuations in Chemical Reactions

Basics of Stochastic Energetics

Concept of Heat on Mesoscopic Scales

Work on the Mesoscopic Systems

Heat Viewed at Different Scales

Applications of Stochastic Energetics

Control and Energetics

Free-Energy Transducers.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613559944

9781280382031

1280382031

9783642054112

3642054110