We investigate the statistical properties of fluctuations in active systems that are governed by nonsymmetric responses. Both an underdamped Langevin system with an odd resistance tensor and an overdamped Langevin system with an odd elastic tensor are studied. For a system in thermal equilibrium, the time-correlation functions should satisfy time-reversal symmetry and the antisymmetric parts of the correlation functions should vanish.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe discuss the nonequilibrium statistical mechanics of a thermally driven micromachine consisting of three spheres and two harmonic springs [Y. Hosaka et al., J.
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