Time-scaling in the thermodynamics of irreversible processes

B.U. Felderhof

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1979, vol. 99, issue 1, 281-292

Abstract: We present a general scheme to deal with situations in the thermodynamics of irreversible processes in which some of the variables vary on a much faster time-scale than others. The theory is based on a transformation of variables of a type first introduced into thermodynamic fluctuation theory by Tisza. It is shown that this transformation simplifies the calculation of time-correlation functions. A systematic approximation procedure is presented for the time evolution of the slow variables.

Date: 1979
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(79)90135-3

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