Non-equilibrium thermodynamics as gauge fixing
Statistical Mechanics
2018-11-15 v2
Abstract
By considering a thermodynamic force as gauge field, we extend constitutive equations of Onsager's non-equilibrium thermodynamics to non-linear equations. In Onsager's non-equilibrium thermodynamics, the thermodynamic force corresponds to a pure gauge, for which the constitutive equations are obtained by gauge fixing. If we extend the thermodynamic force from pure gauge to physical one, we obtain the non-linear constitutive equations of non-equilibrium thermodynamics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1806.07816,
title = {Non-equilibrium thermodynamics as gauge fixing},
author = {So Katagiri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.07816},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
15 pages, accepted version for publication in PTEP