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The '''Jarzynski equality''' is also known as the ''work relation'' or ''non-equilibrium work relation''. | The '''Jarzynski equality''' is also known as the ''work relation'' or ''non-equilibrium work relation''. | ||
According to | According to this equality, the ''equilibrium'' [[Gibbs energy function |free energy]] of a process, <math>\Delta G</math>, can be reconstructed by averaging the external work, <math>W</math>, performed in many nonequilibrium realizations of the process: | ||
:<math>\exp \left( \frac{-\Delta G}{k_BT}\right)= \left\langle \exp \left( \frac{-W}{k_BT} \right) \right\rangle</math> | :<math>\exp \left( \frac{-\Delta G}{k_BT}\right)= \left\langle \exp \left( \frac{-W}{k_BT} \right) \right\rangle</math> | ||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 11:07, 5 February 2008
The Jarzynski equality is also known as the work relation or non-equilibrium work relation. According to this equality, the equilibrium free energy of a process, , can be reconstructed by averaging the external work, , performed in many nonequilibrium realizations of the process: