TY - JOUR
T1 - The statistical thermodynamics of steady states
AU - Tzeng, Wen Jer
AU - Chen, Chia Chu
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supportedi n part by grants from the National Science Council of Taiwan, Republic of China under the contract Nos. NSC-86-2112-MOOl-003 and NSC-86-2112-MO05009.
PY - 1998/9/7
Y1 - 1998/9/7
N2 - Postulating the smoothness of the phase space distribution function, as done by Tuckerman et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 78 (1997) 2042], we show that the phase space density is conserved when a proper smooth geometrical factor (the Jacobian) can be defined and is correctly taken into account. As a result, many thermodynamic concepts can be carried over to characterize the non-equilibrium steady state.
AB - Postulating the smoothness of the phase space distribution function, as done by Tuckerman et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 78 (1997) 2042], we show that the phase space density is conserved when a proper smooth geometrical factor (the Jacobian) can be defined and is correctly taken into account. As a result, many thermodynamic concepts can be carried over to characterize the non-equilibrium steady state.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00443-5
DO - 10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00443-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0042639079
SN - 0375-9601
VL - 246
SP - 52
EP - 54
JO - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
IS - 1-2
ER -