Kirchhoff's Loop Law and the maximum entropy production principle
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
In contrast to the standard derivation of Kirchhoff's loop law, which invokes electric potential, we show, for the linear planar electric network in a stationary state at the fixed temperature,that loop law can be derived from the maximum entropy production principle. This means that the currents in network branches are distributed in such a way as to achieve the state of maximum entropy production.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0409459,
title = {Kirchhoff's Loop Law and the maximum entropy production principle},
author = {P. Zupanovic and D. Juretic and S. Botric},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0409459},
year = {2009}
}
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revtex4, 5 pages, 2 figures