The work-Hamiltonian connection and the usefulness of the Jarzynski equality for free energy calculations

The connection between work and changes in the Hamiltonian for a system with a time-dependent Hamiltonian has recently been called into question, casting doubt on the usefulness of the Jarzynski equality for calculating free energy changes. In this paper, we discuss the relationship between two poss...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zimanyi, Eric N., Silbey, Robert J.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Physics 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82536