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The Onsager fluctuation regression theorem (Optional)

Suppose that tex2html_wrap_inline343 is of the form

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which adiabatically induces a fluctuation in the system for t;SPMlt;0 and the lets the system evolve in time according to the unperturbed Hamiltonian for t;SPMgt;0. How will the induced fluctuation evolve in time? Combining the kubo transform relation with the linear response result for tex2html_wrap_inline397 , we find that

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where the change of variables u=t-s has been made. Taking the limit tex2html_wrap_inline401 , and performing the integral over u, we find

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Since we assumed that tex2html_wrap_inline405 , we have tex2html_wrap_inline407 . Thus, dividing by tex2html_wrap_inline409 , we find

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Thus at long times in the classical limit, the fluctuations decay to 0, indicting a complete regression or suppression of the induced fluctuation:

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Mark Tuckerman
Mon Apr 28 14:54:07 EDT 2003