Thermodynamic uncertainty relation for underdamped Langevin systems driven by a velocity-dependent force.

Abstract

Recently, it has been shown that there is a trade-off relation between thermodynamic cost and current fluctuations, referred to as the thermodynamic uncertainty relation (TUR). The TUR has been derived for various processes, such as discrete-time Markov jump processes and overdamped Langevin dynamics. For underdamped dynamics, it has recently been reported that some modification is necessary for application of the TUR. However, the previous TUR for underdamped dynamics is not applicable to a system driven by a velocity-dependent force. In this study, we present a TUR, applicable to a system driven by a velocity-dependent force in the context of underdamped Langevin dynamics, by extending the theory of Vu and Hasegawa [Phys. Rev. E 100, 032130 (2019)2470-004510.1103/PhysRevE.100.032130]. We show that our TUR accurately describes the trade-off properties of a molecular refrigerator (cold damping), Brownian dynamics in a magnetic field, and an active particle system.