Communications Physics (Nov 2022)

Variance of fluctuations from Noether invariance

  • Sophie Hermann,
  • Matthias Schmidt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-01046-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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Noether’s theorem allows to find conservation laws corresponding to the symmetries of the system. The authors theoretically derive an exact relation of the variance of external force in statistical mechanics, using Noether invariance, providing a powerful way of looking at fluctuations.