READING SESSION ON THE NONEQUILIBIRUM THERMODYNAMICS OF LIFE

Stochastic thermodynamics has revolutionized our understanding of far-from-equilibrium statistical physics over the last few decades, and continues to result in deep, powerful results ranging from fluctuation theorems to speed-limit theorems to thermodynamic uncertainty relations. In this session we will discuss about applications to the nonequilibrium thermodynamics of living systems. Specifically, we will review the Sagawa-Ueda fluctuation theorem, which describes nonequilibrium processes under information exchange, such as feedback control or measurement process required for many biological functions. In particular, we will review the following article:

Sagawa, T., & Ueda, M. (2012). Fluctuation theorem with information exchange: Role of correlations in stochastic thermodynamics. Physical review letters, 109(18), 180602. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.180602