1206.7079 (Hong Qian)

Volume-Preserving Conservative Dynamics with Equilibrium Stochastic
Damping    [PDF]

Hong Qian

We show that Ao's stochastic process [ J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 37 L25 (2004)] is consistent with a phase-volume preserving conservative dynamical system in equilibrium with a stochastic damping satisfying detailed balance: $dq=(\gamma-D\nabla\phi)dt + d\xi(t)$ where $\nabla\cdot\gamma=0$, < \xi(t)\xi(t')> =2D\delta(t-t')$, and stationary density $u^{ss}(q)=e^{-\phi(q)}$. We show that a hallmark of such systems is an orthogonality between the gradient of the stationary density and the conservative rotation in phase space: $\nabla\phi\cdot\gamma=0$. A stochastic thermodynamics based on time reversal $(t,\gamma)\rightarrow (-t,-\gamma)$ yields a novel formula for heat dissipation $h_d^*(t)=-\int_{R^n}\nabla\phi\cdot D\nabla ln(u(q,t)e^{\phi})dq$ and entropy production $e_p^*(t)=-dF(t)/dt$: The "free energy" $F(t)$ never increases. Th entropy balance equation $\frac{dS}{dt}=e_p^*-h_d^*$ is also recovered. The relations among Ao's stochastic process, a Hodge-like potential-flux decomposition, stochastic Hamiltonian system with Klein-Kramers equation, and the theory of GENERIC, are discussed. When $\phi$ is given, three different types of time reversal leading to different open-system thermodynamics are suggested.

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