Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2000-09-21
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
30 pages, 4 figures. Some typographical errors have been corrected. The presentation is lighter (some results have been put in
Scientific paper
Various deformations of the position-momentum algebras operators have been proposed. Their implications for single systems like the hydrogen atom or the harmonic oscillator have been addressed. In this paper we investigate the consequences of some of these algebras for macroscopic systems. The key point of our analysis lies in the fact that the modification of the Heisenberg uncertainty relations present in these theories changes the volume of the elementary cell in the hamiltonian phase space and so the measure needed to compute partition functions. The thermodynamics of a non interacting gas are studied for two members of the Kempf-Mangano-Mann (K.M.M.) deformations. It is shown that the theory which exhibits a minimal uncertainty in length predicts a new behavior at high temperature while the one with a minimal uncertainty in momentum displays unusual features for huge volumes. In the second model negative pressures are obtained and mixing two different gases does not necessarily increase the entropy . This suggests a possible violation of the second law of thermodynamics. Potential consequences of these models in the evolution of the early universe are briefly discussed. Constructing the Einstein model of a solid for the q deformed oscillator, we find that the subset of eigenstates whose energies are bounded from above leads to a divergent partition function.
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