The mutual co-implication of thermodynamics' first and second laws
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
In classical phenomenological thermodynamics the first and second laws can be regarded as independent statements. Statistical mechanics provides a microscopic substratum that explains thermodynamics in probabilistic terms via a microstate probability distribution . We study here a hitherto unexplored microscopic connection between the two laws. Given an information measure (or entropic form), each of the two laws implies the other through the process .
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0412336,
title = {The mutual co-implication of thermodynamics' first and second laws},
author = {A. Plastino and E. M. F. Curado},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0412336},
year = {2007}
}
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8 pages, no figure