Fluctuation relation for a L\'evy particle
classification
❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech
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fluctuationsworkfluctuationforcingparticleprobabilityrandomtails
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We study the work fluctuations of a particle subjected to a deterministic drag force plus a random forcing whose statistics is of the L\'evy type. In the stationary regime, the probability density of the work is found to have ``fat'' power-law tails which assign a relatively high probability to large fluctuations compared with the case where the random forcing is Gaussian. These tails lead to a strong violation of existing fluctuation theorems, as the ratio of the probabilities of positive and negative work fluctuations of equal magnitude behaves in a non-monotonic way. Possible experiments that could probe these features are proposed.
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