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On two-temperature problem for harmonic crystals

Mathematical Physics 2015-06-26 v1 math.MP Probability

Abstract

We consider the dynamics of a harmonic crystal in dd dimensions with nn components,d,n1d,n \ge 1. The initial date is a random function with finite mean density of the energy which also satisfies a Rosenblatt- or Ibragimov-Linnik-type mixing condition. The random function converges to different space-homogeneous processes as xd±x_d\to\pm\infty, with the distributions μ±\mu_\pm. We study the distribution μt\mu_t of the solution at time tRt\in\R. The main result is the convergence of μt\mu_t to a Gaussian translation-invariant measure as tt\to\infty. The proof is based on the long time asymptotics of the Green function and on Bernstein's `room-corridor' argument. The application to the case of the Gibbs measures μ±=g±\mu_\pm=g_\pm with two different temperatures T±T_{\pm} is given. Limiting mean energy current density is (0,...,0,C(T+T))- (0,...,0,C(T_+ - T_-)) with some positive constant C>0C>0 what corresponds to Second Law.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0211017,
  title  = {On two-temperature problem for harmonic crystals},
  author = {T. V. Dudnikova and A. I. Komech and N. J. Mauser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0211017},
  year   = {2015}
}