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cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Impact of currents on non-equilibrium coexistence in chemically driven mixtures

E. Meyberg, J. F. Robinson, T. Speck

Virtually every biological function emerges through the organization of molecules in time and space. Consequently, a major challenge in statistical physics is to uncover the univer…

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Waiting-time based entropy estimators in continuous space without Markovian events

Jonas H. Fritz, Udo Seifert

Estimating entropy production in continuous systems that can only be observed with a limited resolution remains an open problem in stochastic thermodynamics. Existing estimators ba…

cond-mat.stat-mech2026★ 2 cited

Mutual Linearity is a Generic Property of Steady-State Markov Networks

Robin Bebon, Thomas Speck

Understanding and predicting how complex systems respond to external perturbations is a central challenge in nonequilibrium statistical physics. Here we consider continuous-time Ma…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025★ 2 cited

Compensating random transition-detection blackouts in Markov networks

Alexander M. Maier, Benjamin Häsler, Udo Seifert

In Markov networks, measurement blackouts with unknown frequency compromise observations such that thermodynamic quantities can no longer be inferred reliably. In particular, the o…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

On the thermodynamic analogy of intracellular diffusivity fluctuations

Yuichi Itto

Two recent topics on a formal thermodynamic analogy of intracellular diffusivity fluctuations observed experimentally in normal/anomalous diffusion are reported. Not only the analo…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025★ 1 cited

A pedestrian's approach to large deviations in semi-Markov processes with an application to entropy production

Alexander M. Maier, Jonas H. Fritz, Udo Seifert

Semi-Markov processes play an important role in the effective description of partially accessible systems in stochastic thermodynamics. They occur, for instance, in coarse-graining…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025★ 2 cited

From observed transitions to hidden paths in Markov networks

Alexander M. Maier, Udo Seifert, Jann van der Meer

The number of observable degrees of freedom is typically limited in experiments. Here, we consider discrete Markov networks in which an observer has access to a few visible transit…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025★ 1 cited

Analog of the Carnot engine for fluctuating diffusivity in living cells

Yuichi Itto

Recently, a formal analogy between the fluctuating diffusivity and thermodynamics has been proposed based on phenomena of heterogeneous diffusion observed in living cells. This not…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024★ 9 cited

Entropy estimation for partially accessible Markov networks based on imperfect observations: Role of finite resolution and finite statistics

Jonas H. Fritz, Benjamin Ertel, Udo Seifert

Estimating entropy production from real observation data can be difficult due to finite resolution in both space and time and finite measurement statistics. We characterize the sta…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024★ 1 cited

Steady inhomogeneous shear flows as mechanical phase transitions

Thomas Speck

Inhomogeneous flows and shear banding are of interest for a range of applications but have been eluding a comprehensive theoretical understanding, mostly due to the lack of a frame…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024★ 2 cited

Topological phase transition in anti-symmetric Lotka-Volterra doublet chain

Rukmani Bai, Sourin Chatterjee, Ujjwal Shekhar +3

We present the emergence of topological phase transition in the minimal model of two dimensional rock-paper-scissors cycle in the form of a doublet chain. The evolutionary dynamics…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024★ 7 cited

Inferring kinetics and entropy production from observable transitions in partially accessible, periodically driven Markov networks

Alexander M. Maier, Julius Degünther, Jann van der Meer +1

For a network of discrete states with a periodically driven Markovian dynamics, we develop an inference scheme for an external observer who has access to some transitions. Based on…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024★ 18 cited

General theory for localizing the where and when of entropy production meets single-molecule experiments

Julius Degünther, Jann van der Meer, Udo Seifert

The laws of thermodynamics apply to biophysical systems on the nanoscale as described by the framework of stochastic thermodynamics. This theory provides universal, exact relations…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024★ 6 cited

Entropy production from waiting-time distributions for overdamped Langevin dynamics

Ellen Meyberg, Julius Degünther, Udo Seifert

For a Markovian dynamics on discrete states, the logarithmic ratio of waiting-time distributions between two successive, instantaneous transitions in forward and backward direction…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024★ 8 cited

Nonequilibrium fluctuations of chemical reaction networks at criticality: The Schlögl model as paradigmatic case

Benedikt Remlein, Udo Seifert

Chemical reaction networks can undergo nonequilibrium phase transitions upon variation of external control parameters like the chemical potential of a species. We investigate the f…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 10 cited

An estimator of entropy production for partially accessible Markov networks based on the observation of blurred transitions

Benjamin Ertel, Udo Seifert

A central task in stochastic thermodynamics is the estimation of entropy production for partially accessible Markov networks. We establish an effective transition-based description…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 1 cited

Conditional entropy and weak fluctuation correlation in nonequilibrium complex systems

Yuichi Itto

The weak correlation between spatiotemporal fluctuations in nonequilibrium complex systems is shown to govern the fluctuation distribution, maximizing the conditional entropy assoc…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 21 cited

Fluctuating Entropy Production on the Coarse-Grained Level: Inference and Localization of Irreversibility

Julius Degünther, Jann van der Meer, Udo Seifert

Stochastic thermodynamics provides the framework to analyze thermodynamic laws and quantities along individual trajectories of small but fully observable systems. If the observable…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 17 cited

Thermodynamically consistent model of an active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particle

Jonas H. Fritz, Udo Seifert

Identifying the full entropy production of active particles is a challenging task. We introduce a microscopic, thermodynamically consistent model, which leads to active Ornstein-Uh…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 4 cited

Waiting time distributions in hybrid models of motor-bead assays: A concept and tool for inference

Benjamin Ertel, Jann van der Meer, Udo Seifert

In single-molecule experiments, the dynamics of molecular motors are often observed indirectly by measuring the trajectory of an attached bead in a motor-bead assay. In this work,…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 3 cited

Absorbing State Phase Transition with Clifford Circuits

Nastasia Makki, Nicolai Lang, Hans Peter Büchler

The role of quantum fluctuations in modifying the critical behavior of non-equilibrium phase transitions is a fundamental but unsolved question. In this study, we examine the absor…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 2 cited

Sensitivity of the thermodynamics of two-dimensional systems towards the topological classes of their surfaces

Oleg A. Vasilyev, Anna Maciolek, S. Dietrich

Using Monte Carlo simulations we study the two-dimensional Ising model on triangular, square, and hexagonal lattices with various topologies. We focus on the behavior of the magnet…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 46 cited

Time-resolved statistics of snippets as general framework for model-free entropy estimators

Jann van der Meer, Julius Degünther, Udo Seifert

Irreversibility is commonly quantified by entropy production. An external observer can estimate it through measuring an observable that is antisymmetric under time-reversal like a…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 1 cited

Inverse condensation of adsorbed molecules with two conformations

Joël A. K. L. Picard, T. Speck

Conventional gas-liquid phase transitions feature a coexistence line that has a monotonic and positive slope in line with our intuition that cooling always leads to condensation. H…