Quantum macrostatistical picture of nonequilibrium steady states
Mathematical Physics
2009-11-10 v2 math.MP
Abstract
We employ a quantum macrostatistical treatment of irreversible processes to prove that, in nonequilibrium steady states, (a) the hydrodynamical observables execute a generalised Onsager-Machlup process and (b) the spatial correlations of these observables are generically of long range. The key assumptions behind these results are a nonequilibrium version of Onsager's regression hypothesis, together with certain hypotheses of chaoticity and local equilibrium for hydrodynamical fluctuations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math-ph/0403017,
title = {Quantum macrostatistical picture of nonequilibrium steady states},
author = {Geoffrey L. Sewell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0403017},
year = {2009}
}
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