Equivalence condition for the canonical and microcanonical ensembles in coupled spin systems

Details Equivalence condition for the canonical and microcanonical ensembles in coupled spin systems Equivalence condition for the canonical and microcanonical ensembles in coupled spin systems

2010-07-22

arxiv.org/abs/1007.3877v1

Phys. Rev. E 82, 041127 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

5 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables, in RevTex 4.1 format

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.82.041127

It is typically assumed, without justification, that a weak coupling between a system and a bath is a necessary condition for the equivalence of a canonical ensemble and a microcanonical ensemble. For instance, in a canonical ensemble, temperature emerges if the system and the bath are uncoupled or weakly coupled. We investigate the validity region of this weak coupling approximation, using a coupled composite-spin system. Our results show that the spin coupling strength can be as large as the level spacing of the system, indicating that the weak coupling approximation has a much wider region of validity than usually expected.

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