Macroscopic determinism in noninteracting systems using large deviation theory

DOI10.1023/A:1018684621645zbMATH Open0964.60099arXivchao-dyn/9909036MaRDI QIDQ1581716FDOQ1581716

Authors: Brian R. La Cour, William C. Schieve 

Publication date: 8 October 2000

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a general system of n noninteracting identical particles which evolve under a given dynamical law and whose initial microstates are a priori independent. The time evolution of the n-particle average of a bounded function on the particle microstates is then examined in the large n limit. Using the theory of large deviations, we show that if the initial macroscopic average is constrained to be near a given value, then the macroscopic average at a given time converges in probability, as n goes to infinity, to a value given explicitly in terms of a canonical expectation. Some general features of the resulting deterministic curve are examined, particularly in regard to continuity, symmetry, and convergence.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/chao-dyn/9909036

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zbMATH Keywords

causalityfluctuationsdeterminismkinetic theorylarge deviation theorynonequilibrium statistical mechanicsmany-particle systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Large deviations (60F10) Classical dynamic and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C05) Other physical applications of random processes (60K40)

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