Sensitivity of nonequilibrium systems

D.K. Kondepudi and I. Prigogine

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1981, vol. 107, issue 1, 1-24

Abstract: Simple mechanisms through which nonequilibrium structures can be influenced by external fields are discussed. It is shown that a very weak gravitational or electric field can have a large influence on selection or creation of structures. In the absence of cooperativity, the influence of a weak field, to the leading order, is characterized by the ratio (Eint/kT), where Eint is the energy of interaction; however, when there is far-from-equilibrium cooperativity, it is shown that the influence of the field is characterized by (EintkT)13.

Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(81)90021-2

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