Biophysics and Soft Matter Seminar

From broken symmetries to bounds on current fluctuations

Monday, 03 February 2020 01:30PM PST
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Biophysics and Soft Matter Seminar
 
Karel Proesmans
Simon Fraser University
 
From broken symmetries to bounds on current fluctuations
 
Feb 03, 2020 at 1:30PM in P8445.2
 

Synopsis

In this talk, I will discuss the link between broken symmetries, fluctuation theorems and thermodynamic uncertainty relations. In particular, I will show that currents induced by a broken isometric symmetry can be bound using a thermodynamic uncertainty relation. A similar bound exists for order parameters in equilibrium systems, such as the magnetization of an Ising model induced by an external field.