Thermodynamic limit in statistical physics

DOI10.1142/S0217979214300047zbMATH Open1284.82003arXiv1402.7172MaRDI QIDQ5407786FDOQ5407786

Authors: A. L. Kuzemsky 

Publication date: 8 April 2014

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

Abstract: The thermodynamic limit in statistical thermodynamics of many-particle systems is an important but often overlooked issue in the various applied studies of condensed matter physics. To settle this issue, we review tersely the past and present disposition of thermodynamic limiting procedure in the structure of the contemporary statistical mechanics and our current understanding of this problem. We pick out the ingenious approach by N. N. Bogoliubov, who developed a general formalism for establishing of the limiting distribution functions in the form of formal series in powers of the density. In that study he outlined the method of justification of the thermodynamic limit when he derived the generalized Boltzmann equations. To enrich and to weave our discussion, we take this opportunity to give a brief survey of the closely related problems, such as the equipartition of energy and the equivalence and nonequivalence of statistical ensembles. The validity of the equipartition of energy permits one to decide what are the boundaries of applicability of statistical mechanics. The major aim of this work is to provide a better qualitative understanding of the physical significance of the thermodynamic limit in modern statistical physics of the infinite and "small" many-particle systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.7172

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zbMATH Keywords

statistical mechanicsthermodynamic equilibriumdistribution functionsequipartition of energyequivalence and nonequivalence of statistical ensemblesGibbs ensembles methodthe thermodynamic limitthermodynamic properties of many-particle systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to statistical mechanics (82-02) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

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