On the nature of large fluctuations in equilibrium systems : Observation of an optimal force

Luchinsky, D. G. (1997) On the nature of large fluctuations in equilibrium systems : Observation of an optimal force. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 30 (16). L557-L583. ISSN 0305-4470

Abstract

An analogue electronic experiment is used to demonstrate that large fluctuations in a thermal equilibrium system exhibit time-reversal symmetry and, furthermore, that they arise through the action of an optimal force that can be predicted on the basis of Hamiltonian fluctuation theory.