Thermodynamic control of nonequilibrium systems.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
We study the thermodynamic cost associated with driving systems between different nonequilibrium steady states. In particular, we combine a linear-response framework for nonequilibrium Markov systems with Lagrangian techniques to minimize the dissipation associated with driving processes. We then apply our framework to a simple toy model. Our results show several remarkable properties for the optimal protocol, such as diverging parameters and finite entropy production in the slow-driving limit.