Jarzynski’s nonequilibrium work relations

Thanks to work by Jarzynski [3], excess heat production is known to be positive in a wide class of Markov processes. In Appendix A, we will demonstrate Jarzynski s nonequilibrium work relation. 

In Appendix A, we will demonstrate Jarzynski s nonequilibrium work relation. 

Jarzynski s nonequilibrium work relation is based on the following equality ... 

In this chapter, we will examine in depth the characteristic errors of two free energy techniques and present improved methods based on a better understanding of their behavior. The two techniques examined are free energy perturbation (FEP) [2] and nonequilibrium work (NEW) based on Jarzynski s equality [3-6]. These techniques are discussed in Chaps. 2 and 5. The FEP method is one of the most popular approaches for computing free energy differences in molecular simulation see, e.g., [1, 7-10]. The recently developed NEW method, which is closely related to FEP, is gaining popularity in both simulation [11-18] and experimental applications [19-21],... 

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