Coupling and thermal equilibrium in general-covariant systems
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2013-10-30 v1
Abstract
A fully general-covariant formulation of statistical mechanics is still lacking. We take a step toward this theory by studying the meaning of statistical equilibrium for coupled, parametrized systems. We discuss how to couple parametrized systems. We express the thermalization hypothesis in a general-covariant context. This takes the form of vanishing of information flux. An interesting relation emerges between thermal equilibrium and gauge.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1309.0777,
title = {Coupling and thermal equilibrium in general-covariant systems},
author = {Goffredo Chirco and Hal M. Haggard and Carlo Rovelli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.0777},
year = {2013}
}
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8 pages, 3 figures