Stochastic dynamics with random resetting leads to a non-equilibrium steady state. Here, we consider the thermodynamics of resetting by deriving the first and second law for resetting processes far from equilibrium. We identify the contributions to the entropy production of the system which arise due to resetting and show that they correspond to the rate with which information is either erased or created. Using Landauer's principle, we derive a bound on the amount of work that is required to maintain a resetting process. We discuss different regimes of resetting, including a Maxwell demon scenario where heat is extracted from a bath at constant temperature.

Stochastic thermodynamics of resetting / Fuchs, J.; Goldt, S.; Seifert, U.. - In: EUROPHYSICS LETTERS. - ISSN 0295-5075. - 113:6(2016), pp. 1-6. [10.1209/0295-5075/113/60009]

Stochastic thermodynamics of resetting

Goldt S.
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2016-01-01

Abstract

Stochastic dynamics with random resetting leads to a non-equilibrium steady state. Here, we consider the thermodynamics of resetting by deriving the first and second law for resetting processes far from equilibrium. We identify the contributions to the entropy production of the system which arise due to resetting and show that they correspond to the rate with which information is either erased or created. Using Landauer's principle, we derive a bound on the amount of work that is required to maintain a resetting process. We discuss different regimes of resetting, including a Maxwell demon scenario where heat is extracted from a bath at constant temperature.
2016
113
6
1
6
60009
Fuchs, J.; Goldt, S.; Seifert, U.
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