Stochastic resonance and heat fluctuations in a driven double-well system
arXiv:0708.0496 · doi:10.1016/j.physa.2008.08.001
Abstract
We study a periodically driven (symmetric as well as asymmetric)double-well potential system at finite temperature. We show that mean heat loss by the system to the environment(bath) per period of the applied field is a good quantifier of stochastic resonance. It is found that the heat fluctuations over a single period are always larger than the work fluctuations. The observed distributions of work and heat exhibit pronounced asymmetry near resonance. The heat losses over a large number of periods satisfies the conventional steady-state fluctuation theorem, though different relation exists for this quantity.
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