Falasco Gianmaria, Pfaller Richard, Bregulla Andreas P, Cichos Frank, Kroy Klaus
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, Postfach 100 920, D-04009 Leipzig, Germany.
Molecular Nanophotonics Group, Institute of Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Phys Rev E. 2016 Sep;94(3-1):030602. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.94.030602. Epub 2016 Sep 29.
Symmetries constrain dynamics. We test this fundamental physical principle, experimentally and by molecular dynamics simulations, for a hot Janus swimmer operating far from thermal equilibrium. Our results establish scalar and vectorial steady-state fluctuation theorems and a thermodynamic uncertainty relation that link the fluctuating particle current to its entropy production at an effective temperature. A Markovian minimal model elucidates the underlying nonequilibrium physics.