%0 Journal Article %T Rules for transition rates in nonequilibrium steady states %A R. M. L. Evans %J Physics %D 2004 %I arXiv %R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.150601 %X Just as transition rates in a canonical ensemble must respect the principle of detailed balance, constraints exist on transition rates in driven steady states. I derive those constraints, by maximum information-entropy inference, and apply them to the steady states of driven diffusion and a sheared lattice fluid. The resulting ensemble can potentially explain nonequilibrium phase behaviour and, for steady shear, gives rise to stress-mediated long-range interactions. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0402527v1