BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Physics - ECPv6.3.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Physics X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://uwm.edu/physics X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Physics REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20170312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20171105T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171020T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20171020T163000 DTSTAMP:20240329T050647 CREATED:20170912T170401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171011T165849Z UID:3655-1508513400-1508517000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Physics Colloquium: Christopher Jarzynski DESCRIPTION:“Scaling Down the Laws of Thermodynamics”\nChristopher Jarzynski\, University of Maryland – College Park \nThermodynamics provides a robust conceptual framework and set of laws that govern the exchange of energy and matter. Although these laws were originally articulated for macroscopic objects\, it is hard to deny that nanoscale systems\, as well\, often exhibit “thermodynamic-like” behavior. To what extent can the venerable laws of thermodynamics be scaled down to apply to individual microscopic systems\, and what new features emerge at the nanoscale? \nI will review recent progress toward answering these questions\, with a focus on the second law of thermodynamics. In particular\, I will argue that the inequalities ordinarily used to express the second law can be replaced by stronger equalities\, known as fluctuation relations\, which relate equilibrium properties to far-from-equilibrium fluctuations. These results have led to new tools for the analysis of non-equilibrium experiments and simulations\, and they have refined our understanding of irreversibility and the second law. URL:https://uwm.edu/physics/event/physics-colloquium-christopher-jarzynski/ LOCATION:Lapham 160\, 3209 N. Maryland Ave.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Physics Colloquia GEO:43.0757204;-87.8840564 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Lapham 160 3209 N. Maryland Ave. Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3209 N. Maryland Ave.:geo:-87.8840564,43.0757204 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR