On the density matrix of nonequilibrium steady-state statistical mechanics
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
This paper derives a density matrix of the steady-state statistical mechanics compatible with the steady-state thermodynamics proposed by Oono and Paniconi [Prog. Theor. Phys. Suppl. {\bf 130}, 29 (1998)]. To this end, we adopt three plausible basic assumptions for uniform steady states: (i) equivalence between any two subsystems of the total, (ii) statistical independence between any two subsystems, and (iii) additivity of energy. With a suitable definition of energy, it is then shown that uniform steady states driven by mechanical forces may be described by the Gibbs distribution.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0203005,
title = {On the density matrix of nonequilibrium steady-state statistical mechanics},
author = {Takafumi Kita},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0203005},
year = {2009}
}
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3 pages, 1 figure