5 papers
Optimal active engines obey the thermodynamic Lorentz force law
Adrianne Zhong, Adam G. Frim, Michael R. DeWeese
What are the fundamental limitations for finite-time engines that extract work from active nonequilibrium systems, and what are the optimal protocols that approach them? We show th…
Higher-order response theory in optimal stochastic thermodynamics
Samuel. H. DAmbrosia, Adrianne Zhong, Michael R. DeWeese
Linear response theory has found many applications in statistical physics. One of these is to compute minimal-work protocols that drive nonequilibrium systems between different the…
Transporting Baguettes With Minimal Action: The Geometry of Optimal Nonequilibrium Processes in Stochastic Thermodynamics
Adrianne Zhong
What are the fundamental limitations placed by the laws of thermodynamics on the energy expenditure needed to carry out a given task in a nonequilibrium environment in finite time?…
Limitations from charge quantization on the parallel temperature diagnostic of nonneutral plasmas
Adrianne Zhong, Joel Fajans, Jonathan S. Wurtele
We develop a new algorithm to estimate the temperature of a nonneutral plasma in a Penning-Malmberg trap. The algorithm analyzes data obtained by slowly lowering a voltage that con…
Beyond Linear Response: Equivalence between Thermodynamic Geometry and Optimal Transport
Adrianne Zhong, Michael R. DeWeese
A fundamental result of thermodynamic geometry is that the optimal, minimal-work protocol that drives a nonequilibrium system between two thermodynamic states in the slow-driving l…