Microscopic Foundations of Thermodynamics and Generalized Statistical Ensembles

This dissertation aims at addressing two important theoretical questions which are still debated in the statistical mechanical community. The first question has to do with the outstanding problem of how to reconcile time-reversal asymmetric macroscopic laws with the time-reversal symmetric laws of m...

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Main Author: Campisi, Michele
Other Authors: Kobe, Donald H.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of North Texas 2008
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Online Access:https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc6128/