Nonequilibrium systems: hard disks and harmonic oscillators near and far from equilibrium

作者:Hoover William Graham*; Hoover Carol Griswold; Sprott Julien Clinton
来源:Molecular Simulation, 2016, 42(16): 1300-1316.
DOI:10.1080/08927022.2015.1086999

摘要

We relate progress in statistical mechanics, both at and far from equilibrium, to advances in the theory of dynamical systems. We consider computer simulations of time-reversible deterministic chaos in small systems with three-and four-dimensional phase spaces. These models provide us with a basis for understanding equilibration and thermodynamic irreversibility in terms of Lyapunov instability, fractal distributions and thermal constraints.

  • 出版日期2016