Equation 15 · Part 2 · The Statistical Mechanics of Irreversibility at Molecular Scale
Symbol Δ F
What this part means
Δ F is an input to the expression that computes the quantity on the left.
Its job in the formula
Δ F is an input to the expression that computes the quantity on the left.
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The passage around this formula
At W= F , the ratio equals one, so the forward distribution and the reflected reverse distribution cross. This provides both a geometric interpretation and an experimental route to free-energy differences.
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Sources cited in the article section
- [2] Nonequilibrium Equality for Free Energy Differences ↗
- [3] Entropy production fluctuation theorem and the nonequilibrium work relation for free energy differences ↗
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