Comment on: Inconsistency of the nonstandard definition of work

Abstract

The objections raised by Vilar and Rubi [cond-mat arXiv:0707.3802v1] against the definition of the thermodynamical work appearing in Jarzynski's equality are shown to be misleading and inconsistent.

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References in corpus (4)

• Failure of the work-Hamiltonian connection for free energy calculations
• The non-equilibrium work relation. Thermodynamic analysis and microscopic foundations
• Comment on: Failure of the work-Hamiltonian connection for free energy calculations
• Inconsistency of the non-standard definition of work