Irreversibility from a Reversible Equation
Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v3
Abstract
After a discussion on the state of local equilibrium with temperature inhomogeneity, comparing mixture state reprsentation in statistical mechanics and pure state representation in thermo field dynamics, a simple model is solved to show that a reversible equation of motion with the initial condition having inhomogeneous temperature can lead to irreversible, viz. diffusive, behaviour. Yet, the solution is time symmetric exhibiting diffusion both towards future and past.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9809208,
title = {Irreversibility from a Reversible Equation},
author = {Hiroshi Ezawa and Koichi Nakamura and Keiji Watanabe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9809208},
year = {2007}
}
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8 pages, LaTeX