Microscopic derivation of an isothermal thermodynamic transformation

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-54271-8_10zbMATH Open1320.82051arXiv1310.0798OpenAlexW3090069166MaRDI QIDQ5261464FDOQ5261464

Authors: Stefano Olla 

Publication date: 3 July 2015

Published in: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We obtain macroscopic isothermal thermodynamic transformations by space-time scalings of a microscopic Hamiltonian dynamics in contact with a heat bath. The microscopic dynamics is given by a chain of anharmonic oscillators subject to a varying tension (external force) and the contact with the heat bath is modeled by independent Langevin dynamics acting on each particle. After a diffusive space-time scaling and cross-graining, the profile of volume converges to the solution of a deterministic diffusive equation with boundary conditions given by the applied tension. This defines an irreversible thermodynamic transformation from an initial equilibrium to a new equilibrium given by the final tension applied. Quasi static reversible isothermal transformations are then obtained by a further time scaling. Heat is defined as the total flux of energy exchanged between the system and the heat bath. Then we prove that the relation between the limit heat, work, free energy and thermodynamic entropy agree with the first and second principle of thermodynamics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.0798

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zbMATH Keywords

Langevin processsystem of stochastic equationsthermodynamic transformation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs with randomness, stochastic partial differential equations (35R60) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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