Eric Aurell

Department of Computational Biology, AlbaNova University Centre, Stockholm

Entropy production mesoscopically and macroscopically

Entropy production in the environment is a central quantity in stochastic thermodynamics, and is the basis of fluctuation relations which hold also far from equilibrium. On the other hand, the environment of a mesoscopic object in stochastic thermodynamics is the surrounding liquid or gas, which in itself is the object of classical macroscopic thermodynamics. In this context I will discuss the relation between entropy production at different scales.

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