%0 Journal Article %1 1742-5468-2006-08-P08010 %A Puglisi, A %A Rondoni, L %A Vulpiani, A %D 2006 %J Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment %K puglisi %N 08 %P P08010 %T Relevance of initial and final conditions for the fluctuation relation in Markov processes %U http://stacks.iop.org/1742-5468/2006/P08010 %V 2006 %X Numerical observations on a Markov chain and on the continuous Markov process performed with a granular tracer show that the ‘usual’ fluctuation relation for a given observable is not verified for finite (but arbitrarily large) times. This suggests that some terms which are usually expected to be negligible, i.e.~‘border terms’ dependent only on initial and final states, in fact cannot be neglected. Furthermore, the Markov chain and the granular tracer behave in a quite similar fashion.

@article{1742-5468-2006-08-P08010, abstract = {Numerical observations on a Markov chain and on the continuous Markov process performed with a granular tracer show that the \‘usual\’ fluctuation relation for a given observable is not verified for finite (but arbitrarily large) times. This suggests that some terms which are usually expected to be negligible, i.e.~\‘border terms\’ dependent only on initial and final states, in fact cannot be neglected. Furthermore, the Markov chain and the granular tracer behave in a quite similar fashion. }, added-at = {2007-03-13T13:24:31.000+0100}, author = {Puglisi, A and Rondoni, L and Vulpiani, A}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2dab37165f786520d25b711810e90e979/andreapuglisi}, interhash = {6dfc24d04c8e5005f92fb6051bae8b52}, intrahash = {dab37165f786520d25b711810e90e979}, journal = {Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment}, keywords = {puglisi}, number = 08, pages = {P08010}, timestamp = {2007-03-13T13:25:08.000+0100}, title = {Relevance of initial and final conditions for the fluctuation relation in Markov processes}, url = {http://stacks.iop.org/1742-5468/2006/P08010}, volume = 2006, year = 2006 }