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Most probable paths for active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particles
1Department of Physics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, 333031, India.
Abstract:
Fluctuations play an important role in the dynamics of stochastic systems. In particular, for small systems, the most probable thermodynamic quantities differ from their averages because of the fluctuations. Using the Onsager Machlup variational formalism we analyze the most probable paths for nonequilibrium systems, in particular, active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particles, and investigate how the entropy production along these paths differs from the average entropy production. We investigate how much information about their nonequilibrium nature can be obtained from their extremum paths and how these paths depend on the persistence time and their swim velocities. We also look at how the entropy production along the most probable paths varies with the active noise and how it differs from the average entropy production. This study would be useful to design artificial active systems with certain target trajectories.
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