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  • Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics
  • Soft matter physics
  • Brownian dynamics

Background:

  • Engineered swift equilibration (ESE) protocols facilitate rapid state transformations in open, classical non-equilibrium systems.
  • Previous ESE applications were limited to one-dimensional or simple two-dimensional Euclidean spaces for Brownian particles.
  • Controlling configurational distributions in complex systems remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend the Engineered swift equilibration (ESE) framework to generic, overdamped Brownian systems.
  • To develop methods for systems with arbitrary curved configuration space.
  • To enable precise control over the temporal configurational distribution in complex non-equilibrium systems.

Main Methods:

  • Generalization of ESE theory to curved configuration spaces.
  • Application to overdamped Brownian dynamics.
  • Derivation of control protocols for arbitrary potentials.

Main Results:

  • Successful extension of ESE to arbitrary curved configuration spaces for Brownian systems.
  • Demonstration with examples not solvable by previous techniques.
  • Establishment of a framework for controlling full temporal configurational distributions.

Conclusions:

  • The generalized ESE framework provides a powerful tool for manipulating non-equilibrium systems.
  • This approach significantly expands the applicability of ESE protocols.
  • Enables precise control over particle dynamics in complex, curved environments.