Speaker
Hans Fogedby
(Aarhus University and NBI)
Description
We review recent and not so recent work done in
collaboration with Alberto Imparato (Aarhus) on heat
fluctuations and fluctuation theorems in classical model
systems. i) As a starter we consider a single particle
driven by two heat reservoirs. We discuss heat fluctuations,
the large deviations function, and associated fluctuation
theorem. ii) Next we consider a linear harmonic chain driven
by heat reservoirs. We again address heat fluctuations and
fluctuation theorems. iii) Finally, we round off the
presentation with a discussion of recent work on a chain
with quenched mass and coupling constant disorder. Here we
discuss the influence of disorder on Fourier’s law, heat
fluctuations, and fluctuation theorems.
