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Thermodynamic Cross-Effects from Dynamical Systems

chao-dyn 2009-10-31 v1 Statistical Mechanics Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We give a thermodynamically consistent description of simultaneous heat and particle transport, as well as of the associated cross-effects, in the framework of a chaotic dynamical system, a generalized multibaker map. Besides the density, a second field with appropriate source terms is included in order to mimic, after coarse graining, a spatial temperature distribution and its time evolution. A new expression is derived for the irreversible entropy production in a steady state, as the average of the growth rate of the relative density, a unique combination of the two fields.

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@article{arxiv.chao-dyn/9912028,
  title  = {Thermodynamic Cross-Effects from Dynamical Systems},
  author = {Laszlo Matyas and Tamas Tel and Jurgen Vollmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:chao-dyn/9912028},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 2 postscript figures