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cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Strengthened second law for periodic processes

Jake Schaefer, Ben Ansbacher, Jan Korbel +1

Many physical systems evolve under periodic driving: the same control protocol is applied again and again, even though the state of the system itself need not return to where it st…

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Finite relaxation protocols with minimal dissipation

Ben Ansbacher, Harrison Hartle, Abhishek Yadav +2

Work extraction from nonequilibrium systems is a major challenge across biological, chemical, physical, and engineering systems. Idealized protocols generally require a quasistatic…

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Foundations of entropy in complex systems

Jan Korbel

This chapter reviews the foundations of entropy and their extensions to complex systems. We first discuss the relation between Boltzmann's formula, multiplicity, coarse-graining, a…

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Quo vadis, stochastic thermodynamics?

Jan Korbel, Artemy Kolchinsky, Sarah A. M. Loos +4

Stochastic thermodynamics is a framework for describing non-equilibrium processes at the level of fluctuating trajectories, where the state of a system evolves as a stochastic time…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

Thermodynamics of driven systems with explicitly broken detailed balance

Markus Hofer, Jan Korbel, Rudolf Hanel +1

In systems with detailed balance, the stationary distribution and the equilibrium distribution are identical, creating a clear connection between energetic and entropic quantities.…

cond-mat.stat-mech2023★ 45 cited

Is stochastic thermodynamics the key to understanding the energy costs of computation?

David Wolpert, Jan Korbel, Christopher Lynn +16

The relationship between the thermodynamic and computational characteristics of dynamical physical systems has been a major theoretical interest since at least the 19th century, an…