Onsager principle of microscopic reversibility and supersymmetry

Journal Article · Sat Sep 15 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.30.1218· OSTI ID:6406464

Gozzi, E

The Onsager principle of microscopic reversibility is shown to be at the origin of the hidden supersymmetry recently discovered in parabolic stochastic differential equations (Langevin equation). The celebrated ''Kelvin reciprocity relations,'' for thermodynamic processes out of the equilibrium, are derived from the requirement of having a supersymmetric Fokker-Planck dynamics. On the same line, the well-known fluctuation-dissipation theorem is obtained as a Ward identity of this hidden supersymmetry.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, City College of C.U.N.Y., New York, New York 10031
• OSTI ID: 6406464
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 30:6; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS
FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION
IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES
ONSAGER RELATIONS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
SUPERSYMMETRY
SYMMETRY
THERMODYNAMICS
WARD IDENTITY