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Main Authors: Bodineau, Thierry, Derrida, Bernard
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.01900
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author Bodineau, Thierry
Derrida, Bernard
author_facet Bodineau, Thierry
Derrida, Bernard
contents The non-equilibrium behavior of particle systems driven by reservoirs has been extensively studied in recent years. In one dimension, various regimes have been explored depending on the coupling strength to the reservoirs. In this paper, we investigate the role of the dimension and of the geometry of the contacts with the reservoirs. For the symmetric simple exclusion process with point contact reservoirs, we show that in dimension 2, as in one dimension, three different regimes occur depending on the coupling strength. On the other hand in dimensions 3 and higher, there exists only a weak coupling regime which is very sensitive to the microscopic structure of the contacts. We then argue that for reservoirs with mesoscopic size contacts the macroscopic fluctuation theory remains in force and we propose an extension of the additivity principle for multiple mesoscopic reservoirs.
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spellingShingle System driven out-of equilibrium by weak contacts with reservoirs
Bodineau, Thierry
Derrida, Bernard
Statistical Mechanics
The non-equilibrium behavior of particle systems driven by reservoirs has been extensively studied in recent years. In one dimension, various regimes have been explored depending on the coupling strength to the reservoirs. In this paper, we investigate the role of the dimension and of the geometry of the contacts with the reservoirs. For the symmetric simple exclusion process with point contact reservoirs, we show that in dimension 2, as in one dimension, three different regimes occur depending on the coupling strength. On the other hand in dimensions 3 and higher, there exists only a weak coupling regime which is very sensitive to the microscopic structure of the contacts. We then argue that for reservoirs with mesoscopic size contacts the macroscopic fluctuation theory remains in force and we propose an extension of the additivity principle for multiple mesoscopic reservoirs.
title System driven out-of equilibrium by weak contacts with reservoirs
topic Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.01900