SM&FT 2006

Deterministic thermostats and fluctuation relations

Lamberto Rondoni

Abstract

We review recent results on fluctuation relations for steady states of nonequilibrium systems, and discuss the hypotheses under which such relations
can be obtained. This is expected to shed light on the requirements that a dynamical theory of nonequilibrium systems may have to satisfy, and sheds
light on the physical mechanisms which are responsible for the validity of the fluctuation relations.