A consistent description of fluctuations requires negative temperatures

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2015/12/P12002zbMATH Open1456.82409arXiv1509.07369MaRDI QIDQ3302170FDOQ3302170

Authors: Luca Cerino, Andrea Puglisi, Angelo Vulpiani 

Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We review two definitions of temperature in statistical mechanics, $T_B$ and $T_G$, corresponding to two possible definitions of entropy, $S_B$ and $S_G$, known as surface and volume entropy respectively. We restrict our attention to a class of systems with bounded energy and such that the second derivative of $S_B$ with respect to energy is always negative: the second request is quite natural and holds in systems of obvious relevance, i.e. with a number $N$ of degrees of freedom sufficiently large (examples are shown where $Nsim100$ is sufficient) and without long-range interactions. We first discuss the basic role of $T_B$, even when negative, as the parameter describing fluctuations of observables in a sub-system. Then, we focus on how $T_B$ can be measured dynamically, i.e. averaging over a single long experimental trajectory. On the contrary, the same approach cannot be used in a generic system for $T_G$, since the equipartition theorem may be spoiled by boundary effects due to the limited energy. These general results are substantiated by the numerical study of a Hamiltonian model of interacting rotators with bounded kinetic energy. The numerical results confirm that the kind of configurational order realized in the regions at small $S_B$, or equivalently at small $|T_B|$, depends on the sign of $T_B$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.07369

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

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