Generalized-Lorentzian Thermodynamics

DOI10.1238/PHYSICA.REGULAR.059A00204zbMATH Open1063.82545arXivphysics/9808037MaRDI QIDQ4490887FDOQ4490887

Authors: Rudolf A. Treumann 

Publication date: 24 July 2000

Published in: Physica Scripta (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We extend the recently developed non-gaussian thermodynamic formalism cite{tre98} of a (presumably strongly turbulent) non-Markovian medium to its most general form that allows for the formulation of a consistent thermodynamic theory. All thermodynamic functions, including the definition of the temperature, are shown to be meaningful. The thermodynamic potential from which all relevant physical information in equilibrium can be extracted, is defined consistently. The most important findings are the following two: (1) The temperature is defined exactly in the same way as in classical statistical mechanics as the derivative of the energy with respect to the entropy at constant volume. (2) Observables are defined in the same way as in Boltzmannian statistics as the linear averages of the new equilibrium distribution function. This lets us conclude that the new state is a real thermodynamic equilibrium in systems capable of strong turbulence with the new distribution function replacing the Boltzmann distribution in such systems. We discuss the ideal gas, find the equation of state, and derive the specific heat and adiabatic exponent for such a gas. We also derive the new Gibbsian distribution of states. Finally we discuss the physical reasons for the development of such states and the observable properties of the new distribution function.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9808037

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10)

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