Thermodynamic bounds on equilibrium fluctuations of a global or local order parameter
arXiv:1610.04739 · doi:10.1209/0295-5075/115/60007
Abstract
We analyze thermodynamic bounds on equilibrium fluctuations of an order parameter, which are analogous to relations, which have been derived recently in the context of non-equilibrium fluctuations of currents. We discuss the case of {\it global} fluctuations when the order parameter is measured in the full system of interest, and {\it local} fluctuations, when the order parameter is evaluated only in a sub-part of the system. Using isometric fluctuation theorems, we derive thermodynamic bounds on the fluctuations of the order parameter in both cases. These bounds could be used to infer the value of symmetry breaking field or the relative size of the observed sub-system to the full system from {\it local} fluctuations.
8 pages, 6 figures, in press for Europhys. Lett
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