Particle indistinguishability symmetry within a field theory. Entropic effects

DOI10.3390/E11020238MaRDI QIDQ845408zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors D. Di Caprio, Jean Pierre Badiali

Publication date 29 January 2010

Published in Entropy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.3390/e11020238

zbMATH Keywords

classical statistical mechanicselectrolytesentropyfield theoryindistinguishability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05)

Review text

Summary: We briefly discuss a field theory approach of classical statistical mechanics. We show how an essentially entropic functional accounts for fundamental symmetries related to quantum mechanical properties which hold out in the classical limit of the quantum description. Within this framework, energetic and entropic properties are treated at equal level. Based on a series of examples on electrolytes, we illustrate how this framework gives simple interpretations where entropic fluctuations of anions and cations compete with the energetic properties related to the interaction potential.

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