Jarzynski equality

• Christopher Jarzynski, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Dr. Christopher Jarzynski accepted the invitation on 4 September 2007 (self-imposed deadline: 4 January 2008).

This article will briefly cover: several issues related to the Jarzynski Equality (JE), including its microscopic foundations; its relation to the second law of thermodynamics; experimental and computational tests and applications.

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