2007 APS March Meeting
Volume 52, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 5–9, 2007;
Denver, Colorado
Session Index
Session V15: Focus Session: Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Small Systems
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Sponsoring Units: GSNP DBP
Chair: R. Dean Astumian, University of Maine
Room: Colorado Convention Center Korbel 4E
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Thursday, March 8, 2007
11:15AM - 11:51AM
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V15.00001: The nonequilibrium thermodynamics of small systems
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Thursday, March 8, 2007
11:51AM - 12:03PM
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V15.00002: Activation barrier scaling and crossover for noise-induced switching in a micromechanical parametric oscillator
Corey Stambaugh, Ho Bun Chan
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Thursday, March 8, 2007
12:03PM - 12:15PM
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V15.00003: Scaling crossovers in activated escape of nonequilibrium systems: a resonantly driven oscillator
Oleg Kogan, Ira Schwartz, Mark Dykman
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Thursday, March 8, 2007
12:15PM - 12:27PM
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V15.00004: Spontaneous symmetry breaking in parametrically driven atomic trap and measurement of dynamic critical exponents
Wonho Jhe, Myoung-Sun Heo, Yonghee Kim, Kiwhan Kim, Heung-Ryoul Noh
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Thursday, March 8, 2007
12:27PM - 12:39PM
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V15.00005: Equilibrium theory for a particle pulled by a moving optical trap
Raymond Dean Astumian
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Thursday, March 8, 2007
12:39PM - 12:51PM
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V15.00006: Energy and efficiency optimization of a Brownian heat engine
Mulugeta Bekele, Yeneneh Yalew
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Thursday, March 8, 2007
12:51PM - 1:03PM
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V15.00007: Relationships involving spatial transitions for Brownian particles within a potential-well.
Ross Brody
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Thursday, March 8, 2007
1:03PM - 1:15PM
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V15.00008: Analytical calculation of Jarzynski free-energy estimator bias
Matteo Palassini, Nikos Skantzos, Felix Ritort
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Thursday, March 8, 2007
1:15PM - 1:27PM
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V15.00009: Exact equality between dissipation and irreversibility
Ryoichi Kawai, Juan M. R. Parrondo, Christian Van den Broeck
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Thursday, March 8, 2007
1:27PM - 1:39PM
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V15.00010: Free Energy Surface Reconstruction Using Jarzynski's Equality
Ching-Hwa Kiang, Nolan Harris
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