EFFECTS OF SAMPLE-SPECIFIC VARIATIONS AND FLUCTUATIONS OF THERMAL OCCUPANCY ON FLUCTUATIONS OF THERMODYNAMIC QUANTITIES

DOI10.1142/S0217979209054648MaRDI QIDQ3405865zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors R. A. Serota

Publication date 12 February 2010

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0858

zbMATH Keywords

chaoticelectron gasfluctuationsintegrablemesoscopicthermaltwo-dimensional

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

Abstract: Standard results for the fluctuations of thermodynamic quantities are derived under the assumption of sampling identical systems that are in different, not fully equilibrated states. These results apply to fluctuations with time in a particular macroscopic body and can be traced to the fluctuations of thermal occupancy. When many identically prepared - but not identical - systems are studied, mesoscopic fluctuations due to variations from sample to sample contribute to the fluctuations of thermodynamic quantities. We study the combined effect of mesoscopic fluctuations and fluctuations of thermal occupancy. In particular, we evaluate the total particle number and specific heat fluctuations in a two-dimensional, non-interacting electron gas in classically integrable and chaotic circumstances.

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