The Fluctuation Theorem

Date

2002

Authors

Evans, Denis
Searles, Debra

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Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

The question of how reversible microscopic equations of motion can lead to irreversible macroscopic behaviour has been one of the central issues in statistical mechanics for more than a century. The basic issues were known to Gibbs. Boltzmann conducted a

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Keywords: Computer simulation; Equations of motion; Molecular dynamics; Numerical methods; Probability; Theorem proving; Fluctuation theorem; Second law of thermodynamics; Thermostating; Statistical mechanics

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Source

Advances in Physics

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