An optimization principle for deriving nonequilibrium statistical models of Hamiltonian dynamics

DOI10.1007/S10955-013-0778-9zbMATH Open1274.82035arXiv1207.2692OpenAlexW3105828801MaRDI QIDQ369671FDOQ369671

Authors: Bruce Turkington 

Publication date: 19 September 2013

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

Abstract: A general method for deriving closed reduced models of Hamiltonian dynamical systems is developed using techniques from optimization and statistical estimation. As in standard projection operator methods, a set of resolved variables is selected to capture the slow, macroscopic behavior of the system, and the family of quasi-equilibrium probability densities on phase space corresponding to these resolved variables is employed as a statistical model. The macroscopic dynamics of the mean resolved variables is determined by optimizing over paths of these probability densities. Specifically, a cost function is introduced that quantifies the lack-of-fit of such paths to the underlying microscopic dynamics; it is an ensemble-averaged, squared-norm of the residual that results from submitting a path of trial densities to the Liouville equation. The evolution of the macrostate is estimated by minimizing the time integral of the cost function. The value function for this optimization satisfies the associated Hamilton-Jacobi equation, and it determines the optimal relation between the statistical parameters and the irreversible fluxes of the resolved variables, thereby closing the reduced dynamics. The resulting equations for the macroscopic variables have the generic form of governing equations for nonequilibrium thermodynamics, and they furnish a rational extension of the classical equations of linear irreversible thermodynamics beyond the near-equilibrium regime. In particular, the value function is a thermodynamic potential that extends the classical dissipation function and supplies the nonlinear relation between thermodynamics forces and fluxes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.2692

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zbMATH Keywords

model reductionnonequilibrium thermodynamicsdynamical optimizationstatistical closure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical dynamic and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C05) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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