Non-equilibrium steady state in topologically frustrated systems

Abstract

Assume having a three sites system driven far from equilibrium. The system is coupled to two reservoirs; one is a stationary noisy driving while the other is a heat bath causing relaxation, such that the system can reach steady state.
Our interest is in the current induced in a system at non-equilibrium steady state (NESS). We want to understand the dependency of the aforementioned current on the stochastic motive force (SMF) and possibly also an electro-motive force (EMF) provided by later addition of Aharonov Bohm flux, and derive the system's conductance in both cases.