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The Helmholtz conditions are necessary and sufficient conditions for a system of second order differential equations to be variational, that is, equivalent to a system of Euler-Lagrange equations for a regular Lagrangian. On the other hand,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-17 Marta Farré Puiggalí , Anthony M. Bloch

The concept of "recombination resistance" introduced by Shockley and Read (Phys. Rev. 87, 835 (1952)) is discussed within the framework of the thermodynamics of irreversible processes ruled by the principle of the minimum rate of entropy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Salis , P. C. Ricci , F. Raga

Based on a rigorous thermodynamic framework, this work develops a two-fluid magnetohydrodynamic model grounded in the Helmholtz free energy formalism. The model maintains full thermodynamic consistency by simultaneously satisfying energy…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-11-07 Ting Xiao , Qiaolin He

Stochastic thermodynamics as reviewed here systematically provides a framework for extending the notions of classical thermodynamics like work, heat and entropy production to the level of individual trajectories of well-defined…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-05 Udo Seifert

Governing equations for evolution of concentration and temperature in three-component systems were derived in the framework of classical irreversible thermodynamics using Onsager variational principle and were presented for…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2016-05-17 S. Shams Es-haghi , M. Cakmak

We study the unfolding of a single polymer chain due to an external force. We use a simplified model which allows to perform all calculations in closed form without assuming a Boltzmann-Gibbs form for the equilibrium distribution.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Erik Van der Straeten , Jan Naudts

Geometric continuum models for fluid lipid membranes are considered using classical field theory, within a covariant variational approach. The approach is cast as a higher-derivative Lagrangian formulation of continuum classical field…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-09-14 Riccardo Capovilla

We deal with Lagrangian systems that are invariant under the action of a symmetry group. The mechanical connection is a principal connection that is associated to Lagrangians which have a kinetic energy function that is defined by a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-09-03 T. Mestdag , M. Crampin

In this work, we establish a general theory of phase transitions and quantum entanglement in the equilibrium state at arbitrary temperatures. First, we derived a set of universal functional relations between the matrix elements of two-body…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-07 Bo-Bo Wei

In this work, we construct the general solution to the Heat Equation (HE) and to many tensor structures associated to the Heat Equation, such as Symmetries, Lagrangians, Poisson Brackets (PB) and Lagrange Brackets, using newly devised…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Miguel D. Bustamante , Sergio A. Hojman

Critical points of energy functionals, which are of broad interest, for instance, in physics and chemistry, in solid and quantum mechanics, in material science, or in general diffusion-reaction models arise as solutions to the associated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Pascal Heid , Thomas P. Wihler

An explanation of the mechanism of irreversible dynamics was offered. The explanation was obtained within the framework of laws of classical mechanics by the expansion of Hamilton formalism. Such expansion consisted in adaptation of it to…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. M. Somsikov

We consider the additional entropy production (EP) incurred by a fixed quantum or classical process on some initial state $\rho$, above the minimum EP incurred by the same process on any initial state. We show that this additional EP, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-22 Artemy Kolchinsky , David H. Wolpert

This work extends previous 1D irreversible port-Hamiltonian system (IPHS) formulations to boundary-controlled ND distributed parameter systems describing conduction-diffusion fluid phenomena. Within a unified and thermodynamically…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-13 Luis Mora , Yann Le Gorrec , Hector Ramirez , Denis Matignon

A general nonequilibrium thermodynamic theory is developed for time-dependent Langevin dynamics, starting from the common definition of nonequilibrium Gibbs entropy. It is shown that the notations appearing in the First and the Second Law…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-04-15 Hao Ge

The thermodynamic cost of resetting an arbitrary initial state to a particular desired state is lower bounded by Landauer's bound. However, here we demonstrate that this lower bound is necessarily unachievable for nearly every initial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-28 Paul M. Riechers , Mile Gu

This paper investigates the asymptotic behavior of the Helmholtz free energy of mixtures at small compressibility. We start from a general representation for the local free energy that is valid in stable subregions of the phase diagram. On…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-04-20 Dieter Bothe , Wolfgang Dreyer , Pierre-Etienne Druet

The high volatility of renewable energies calls for more energy efficiency. Thus, different physical systems need to be coupled efficiently although they run on various time scales. Here, the port-Hamiltonian (pH) modeling framework comes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-09 Sarah-Alexa Hauschild , Nicole Marheineke

A generalization of the Onsager-Machlup theory from equilibrium to nonequilibrium steady states and its connection with recent fluctuation theorems are discussed for a dragged particle restricted by a harmonic potential in a heat reservoir.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tooru Taniguchi , E. G. D. Cohen

Employing a phase space which includes the (Riemann-Liouville) fractional derivative of curves evolving on real space, we develop a restricted variational principle for Lagrangian systems yielding the so-called restricted fractional…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-03-01 Fernando Jiménez , Sina Ober-Blöbaum