%0 Journal Article %1 andrieux:150601 %A Andrieux, D. %A Gaspard, P. %A Ciliberto, S. %A Garnier, N. %A Joubaud, S. %A Petrosyan, A. %D 2007 %I APS %J Physical Review Letters %K brownian dynamics entropy experiments flictuations imported nonequilibrium physics processes stochastic %N 15 %P 150601 %T Entropy Production and Time Asymmetry in Nonequilibrium Fluctuations %U http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v98/e150601 %V 98 %X The time-reversal symmetry of nonequilibrium fluctuations is experimentally investigated in two out- of-equilibrium systems: namely, a Brownian particle in a trap moving at constant speed and an electric circuit with an imposed mean current. The dynamical randomness of their nonequilibrium fluctuations is characterized in terms of the standard and time-reversed entropies per unit time of dynamical systems theory. We present experimental results showing that their difference equals the thermodynamic entropy production in units of Boltzmann’s constant.

@article{andrieux:150601, abstract = { The time-reversal symmetry of nonequilibrium fluctuations is experimentally investigated in two out- of-equilibrium systems: namely, a Brownian particle in a trap moving at constant speed and an electric circuit with an imposed mean current. The dynamical randomness of their nonequilibrium fluctuations is characterized in terms of the standard and time-reversed entropies per unit time of dynamical systems theory. We present experimental results showing that their difference equals the thermodynamic entropy production in units of Boltzmann’s constant. }, added-at = {2007-04-12T18:06:40.000+0200}, author = {Andrieux, D. and Gaspard, P. and Ciliberto, S. and Garnier, N. and Joubaud, S. and Petrosyan, A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d3f0e67942afdcded3c689280a6cf27e/andreab}, eid = {150601}, interhash = {fb5eab30cd53d3ca6f769868553339e3}, intrahash = {d3f0e67942afdcded3c689280a6cf27e}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {brownian dynamics entropy experiments flictuations imported nonequilibrium physics processes stochastic}, number = 15, numpages = {4}, pages = 150601, publisher = {APS}, timestamp = {2007-04-12T18:06:40.000+0200}, title = {Entropy Production and Time Asymmetry in Nonequilibrium Fluctuations}, url = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v98/e150601}, volume = 98, year = 2007 }