Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics of Small Systems

Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics of Small Systems

Physics (General)

A challenging frontier in modern statistical physics concerns systems with a small number of degrees of freedom, far from the thermodynamic limit. Beyond the general interest in the foundation of statistical mechanics, the relevance of this subject is due to the recent increase of resolution in the observation and manipulation of biological and man-made objects at micro- and nano-scales. A peculiar feature of small systems is the role played by fluctuations, which cannot be neglected and are responsible for many non-trivial behaviors. The study of fluctuations of thermodynamic quantities, such as energy or entropy, goes back to Einstein, Onsager, and Kubo; more recently, interest in this matter has grown with the establishment of new fluctuation–dissipation relations, and of so-called stochastic thermodynamics.

Andrea Puglisi (Ed.) --- Alessandro Sarracino (Ed.) --- Angelo Vulpiani (Ed.)

https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/740

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

2018

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