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View SchemaNonuniqueness of Canonical Ensemble Theory arising from Microcanonical Basis
| Authors | Sumiyoshi Abe, A. K. Rajagopal |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9911097 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9911097 |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0375-9601(00)00458-8 |
| Journal | Phys. Lett. A272, 341 (2000) |
Abstract
Given physical systems, counting rule for their statistical mechanical descriptions need not be unique, in general. It is shown that this nonuniqueness leads to the existence of various canonical ensemble theories which equally arise from the definite microcanonical basis. Thus, the Gibbs theorem for canonical ensemble theory is not universal, and the maximum entropy principle is to be appropriately modefied for each physical context.
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