4 papers
What is a minimum work transition in stochastic thermodynamics?
Paolo Muratore-Ginanneschi, Julia Sanders
We reassess the concept of transition at minimum work in classical stochastic finite-time thermodynamics, when the system dynamics is modelled by a diffusion process. We show that…
Optimal Control of Engineered Swift Equilibration of Nanomechanical Oscillators
Julia Sanders, Paolo Muratore-Ginanneschi
We propose a reformulation of the problem of optimally controlled transitions in stochastic thermodynamics. We impose that any terminal cost specified by a thermodynamic functional…
Minimal work protocols for inertial particles in non-harmonic traps
Julia Sanders, Marco Baldovin, Paolo Muratore-Ginanneschi
Progress in miniaturized technology allows us to control physical systems at nanoscale with remarkable precision. Experimental advancements have sparked interest in control problem…
On the numerical integration of the Fokker-Planck equation driven by a mechanical force and the Bismut-Elworthy-Li formula
Julia Sanders, Paolo Muratore-Ginanneschi
Optimal control theory aims to find an optimal protocol to steer a system between assigned boundary conditions while minimizing a given cost functional in finite time. Equations ar…