Convergence to Gibbs equilibrium - unveiling the mystery

zbMATH Open1291.82061arXiv1302.4832MaRDI QIDQ4981573FDOQ4981573

Authors: A. A. Lykov, V. A. Malyshev 

Publication date: 24 June 2014

Abstract: We consider general hamiltonian systems with quadratic interaction potential and $N<infty$ degrees of freedom, only $m$ of which have contact with external world, that is subjected to damping and random stationary external forces. We show that, as $toinfty$, already for $m=1$, the unique limiting distribution exists for almost all interactions. Moreover, it is Gibbs if the external force is the white noise, but typically not Gibbs for gaussian processes with smooth trajectories. This conclusion survives also in the thermodynamic limit $Noinfty$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.4832

zbMATH Keywords

non-equilibrium statistical mechanicsconvergence to equilibriumGibbs state

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical dynamic and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C05)

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