Publication Date
2004
Journal or Book Title
PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Abstract
This short paper presents a nontechnical introduction to the problem of nonequivalent microcanonical and canonical ensembles. Both the thermodynamic and the macrostate levels of definition of nonequivalent ensembles are introduced. The many relationships that exist between these two levels are also explained in simple physical terms.
Pages
138-146
Volume
340
Issue
1-3
Recommended Citation
Touchette, H; Ellis, RS; and Turkington, B, "An introduction to the thermodynamic and macrostate levels of nonequivalent ensembles" (2004). PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS. 949.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/math_faculty_pubs/949
Comments
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