Title Non-equilibrium Energy Transformation Processes : Theoretical Description at the Level of Molecular Structures Author(s) Holubec, Viktor Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2014. Description XIV, 152 p. 29 illus., 22 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note Various experimental techniques have been advanced in recent years to measure non-equilibrium energy transformations on the??microscopic scale of single molecules. In general, the systems studied in??the corresponding??experiments are exposed to strong thermal fluctuations and thus the relevant energetic variables such as work and heat become stochastic. This thesis addresses challenging theoretical problems in this active field of current research: 1) Exact analytical solutions of work and heat distributions for isothermal non-equilibrium processes in suitable models are obtained; 2) Corresponding solutions for cyclic processes involving two different heat reservoirs are found; 3) Optimization of periodic driving protocols for such cyclic processes with respect to maximal output power, efficiency, and minimal power fluctuations is studied. The exact solutions for work and heat distributions??provide a??reference for theoretical investigations of more complicated models,??giving insight into the structure of the tail of work distributions and??serving as??valuable test cases for simulations of the underlying stochastic processes ISBN,Price 9783319070919 Keyword(s) 1. Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics 2. ATOMS 3. COMPLEX SYSTEMS 4. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 5. EBOOK 6. EBOOK - SPRINGER 7. PHYSICS 8. STATISTICAL PHYSICS 9. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems 10. THERMODYNAMICS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I08147     On Shelf