Open AccessPositivity of entropy production in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
Author(s) -
David Ruelle
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of statistical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.71
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1572-9613
pISSN - 0022-4715
DOI - 10.1007/bf02175553
Subject(s) - entropy production , statistical mechanics , statistical physics , entropy (arrow of time) , non equilibrium thermodynamics , mathematics , physics , thermodynamics
We analyze different mechanisms of entropy production in statistical mechanics, and propose formulas for the entropy production ratee(μ) in a state μ. When μ is steady state describing the long term behavior of a system we show thate(μ)≥0, and sometimes we can provee(μ)>0.
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