Friday, June 8, 2012

1206.1547 (Pierre Gaspard)

Broken Z2 symmetries and fluctuations in statistical mechanics    [PDF]

Pierre Gaspard
An analogy is developed between the breaking of space-inversion symmetry in equilibrium statistical mechanics and the breaking of time-reversal symmetry in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. In this way, similar relationships characterizing fluctuations are obtained in both contexts.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.1547

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