Thermo-Statistics or Topology of the Microcanonical Entropy Surface

Details Thermo-Statistics or Topology of the Microcanonical Entropy Surface Thermo-Statistics or Topology of the Microcanonical Entropy Surface

2002-06-18

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0206341v2

Chapter of the forthcoming "Lecture Notes in Physics" volume: ``Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Systems with Long Range Interac

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

28 pages, 9 figures, 1 table

Scientific paper

Boltzmann's principle S(E,N,V...)=ln W(E,N,V...) allows the interpretation of Statistical Mechanics of a closed system as Pseudo-Riemannian geometry in the space of the conserved parameters E,N,V... (the conserved mechanical parameters in the language of Ruppeiner) without invoking the thermodynamic limit. The topology is controlled by the curvature of S(E,N,V...). The most interesting region is the region of (wrong) positive maximum curvature, the region of phase-separation. This is demonstrated among others for the equilibrium of a typical non-extensive system, a self-gravitating and rotating cloud in a spherical container at various energies and angular-momenta. A rich variety of realistic configurations, as single stars, multi-star systems, rings and finally gas, are obtained as equilibrium microcanonical phases. The global phase diagram, the topology of the curvature, as function of energy and angular-momentum is presented. No exotic form of thermodynamics like Tsallis non-extensive one is necessary. It is further shown that a finite (even mesoscopic) system approaches equilibrium with a change of its entropy Delta S\ge 0 (Second Law) even when its Poincarre recurrence time is not large.

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