A nonequilibrium steady-state (NESS), different from an equilibrium, is sustained by circular balance rather than detailed balance. The circular fluxes are driven by energy input and heat dissipation, accompanied by a positive entropy production. Based on a Master equation formalism for NESS, we show the circulation is intimately related to the recently studied Gallavotti-Cohen symmetry of heat dissipation functional, which in turn suggests a Boltzmann’s formulalike relation between rate constants and energy in NESS. Expanding this unifying view on NESS to diffusion is discussed. © 2001 The American Physical Society.
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Qian, H. (2001). Nonequilibrium steady-state circulation and heat dissipation functional. Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, 64(2), 4. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.64.022101
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