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The inverse relationship between energy and time is as familiar as Planck's constant. From the point of view of a system with many states, perhaps a better representation of the system is a vector of characteristic times (one per state) for…
We present an English translation of a third 1918 paper by Felix Klein which follows up on his earlier work.
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Contents: I. Introduction II. Manifolds in random media III. Thermal fluctuations without disorder IV. Random forces V. Random potential: variational approach VI. Physical interpretation of the solution
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Previously, the Einstein equation has been described as an equation of state, general relativity as the equilibrium state of gravity, and $f({\cal R})$ gravity as a non-equilibrium one. We apply Eckart's first order thermodynamics to the…
Considering an entropy-based division of energy transferred into heat and work, we develop an alternative theoretical framework for the thermodynamic analysis of two-level systems. When comparing these results with those obtained under the…
This paper also has excessove overlap with the following papers also written by the authors or their collaborators: gr-qc/0502060, gr-qc/0606028, gr-qc/0511095, gr-qc/0505078, gr-qc/0603044, gr-qc/0608014, gr-qc/0510123, gr-qc/0607109,…
This is the first book on the subject of room-temperature superconductivity. The main purpose of the book is twofold. First, to show that, under suitable conditions, superconductivity can occur above room temperature. Secondly, to present…
This is an English translation of Felix Klein's paper "Ueber die Transformation elfter Ordnung der elliptischen Functionen" from 1879.
In this paper, the foundations of classical phenomenological thermodynamics are being thoroughly revisited. A new rigorous basis for thermodynamics is laid out in the main text and presented in full detail in the appendix. All relevant…
Classical thermodynamics treats temperature as a state variable characterizing systems in equilibrium with idealized infinite reservoirs. We argue that this framing, while computationally exact, obscures an essential physical reality: any…
Concepts of everyday use like energy, heat, and temperature have acquired a precise meaning after the development of thermodynamics. Thermodynamics provides the basis for understanding how heat and work are related and with the general…
Reply to the comment by L. Kofman, A. Linde and A.A. Starobinsky (hep-ph/9608341) to our article ``Analytic and Numerical Study of Preheating Dynamics'' (hep-ph/9608205).
This paper has been withdrawn. It was an early draft submitted prematurely in error. A complete version is to be submitted shortly.
Revised translation of Kaluza's historic 1921 paper, "Zum Unit\"atsproblem der Physik," on 5-dimensional spacetime, used to unify gravity and electromagnetism. This version is based, in part, on a 1984 translation provided by T. Muta, but…