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Special Microscopic-states-basis Formulation of Macroscopic Structure for Thermodynamic Systems

Statistical Mechanics 2018-08-10 v1

Abstract

For classical system under constant composition, macroscopic structure in thermodynamically equilibrium state can be determined through the so-called canonical average, including sum over possible microscopic states on phase space. Although a set of microscopic structure dominantly contributing to equilibrium properties should depend on temperature and many-body interactions, we recently clarify that at high temperature, they are universally characterized by a single special microscopic state (which we call projection state: PS), whose structure can be known a priori without any thermodynamic information. Here we extend this approach to find additional special microscopic states, enabling us to characterize equilibrium structures for lower-temperature region above transition temperature. The concept of our approach will lead to a new paradigm; the formulation of macroscopic properties by special microscopic states basis.

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@article{arxiv.1808.03051,
  title  = {Special Microscopic-states-basis Formulation of Macroscopic Structure for Thermodynamic Systems},
  author = {Koretaka Yuge and Shouno Ohta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.03051},
  year   = {2018}
}

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