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  "abstract": "The Lorenz system is the canonical low-order model of convective instability, yet its dissipative and driving terms have never been checked against, nor constructed from, an explicit thermodynamic bookkeeping. We derive a modification that satisfies the local-detailed-balance condition for macroscopic relaxation toward nonequilibrium steady states, thereby identifying the thermodynamic force, entropy-production rate and frenesy of the resulting flow. The resulting model produces a transition from a quiescent fixed point to a robust, large-amplitude relaxation oscillation, closely analogous to recharge-discharge oscillator paradigms used for the El Nino-Southern Oscillation. The system alternates between a long, nearly reversible recharge phase and a brief, violently frenetic discharge burst, during which essentially all of the cycle's activity and entropy production is concentrated.",
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      "name": "Faezeh Khodabandehlou"
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    {
      "name": "Christian Maes"
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.21415",
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  "published": "2026-09-18",
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  "title": "Local Detailed Balance in the Lorenz Model: Replaces the Butterfly with Frenetic Bursting",
  "title_text": "Local Detailed Balance in the Lorenz Model: Replaces the Butterfly with Frenetic Bursting",
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