Variance Sum Rule for Entropy Production

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Main Authors: Di Terlizzi, I., Gironella, M., Herraez-Aguilar, D., Betz, T., Monroy, F., Baiesi, M., Ritort, F.
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Published: 2023
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author Di Terlizzi, I.
Gironella, M.
Herraez-Aguilar, D.
Betz, T.
Monroy, F.
Baiesi, M.
Ritort, F.
author_facet Di Terlizzi, I.
Gironella, M.
Herraez-Aguilar, D.
Betz, T.
Monroy, F.
Baiesi, M.
Ritort, F.
contents Entropy production is the hallmark of nonequilibrium physics, quantifying irreversibility, dissipation, and the efficiency of energy transduction processes. Despite many efforts, its measurement at the nanoscale remains challenging. We introduce a variance sum rule for displacement and force variances that permits us to measure the entropy production rate $σ$ in nonequilibrium steady states. We first illustrate it for directly measurable forces, such as an active Brownian particle in an optical trap. We then apply the variance sum rule to flickering experiments in human red blood cells. We find that $σ$ is spatially heterogeneous with a finite correlation length and its average value agrees with calorimetry measurements. The VSR paves the way to derive $σ$ using force spectroscopy and time-resolved imaging in living and active matter.
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spellingShingle Variance Sum Rule for Entropy Production
Di Terlizzi, I.
Gironella, M.
Herraez-Aguilar, D.
Betz, T.
Monroy, F.
Baiesi, M.
Ritort, F.
Biological Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
82A02
Entropy production is the hallmark of nonequilibrium physics, quantifying irreversibility, dissipation, and the efficiency of energy transduction processes. Despite many efforts, its measurement at the nanoscale remains challenging. We introduce a variance sum rule for displacement and force variances that permits us to measure the entropy production rate $σ$ in nonequilibrium steady states. We first illustrate it for directly measurable forces, such as an active Brownian particle in an optical trap. We then apply the variance sum rule to flickering experiments in human red blood cells. We find that $σ$ is spatially heterogeneous with a finite correlation length and its average value agrees with calorimetry measurements. The VSR paves the way to derive $σ$ using force spectroscopy and time-resolved imaging in living and active matter.
title Variance Sum Rule for Entropy Production
topic Biological Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
82A02
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.08565