Theoretical Physics, Thermodynamics, Electromagnetism, Waves and Particles

Institute for Mathematical Physics Particles, Maps and Irreversible Thermodynamics Particles, Maps and Irreversible Thermodynamics

We analyze some models of nonequilibrium systems proposed in the past decade which derive the laws of Irreversible Thermodynamics from deterministic dynamics. We find that these models do not posses the crucial property of local thermodynamic equilibrium, since they represent noninteracting particles systems. Hence, these models are not suited for a derivation of Irreversible Thermodynamics. In...

SU(2) Yang-Mills Theory: Waves, Particles, and Quantum Thermodynamics

We elucidate how Quantum Thermodynamics at temperature T emerges from pure and classical SU(2) Yang–Mills theory on a four-dimensional Euclidean spacetime slice S1 × R3. The concept of a (deconfining) thermal ground state, composed of certain solutions to the fundamental, classical Yang–Mills equation, allows for a unified addressation of both (classical) waveand (quantum) particle-like excitat...

Dissipative electromagnetism from a nonequilibrium thermodynamics perspective.

Dissipative effects in electromagnetism on macroscopic scales are examined by coarse-graining the microscopic Maxwell equations with respect to time. We illustrate a procedure to derive the dissipative effects on the macroscopic scale by using a Green-Kubo type expression in terms of the microscopic fluctuations and the correlations between them. The resulting macroscopic Maxwell equations are ...

Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics and Their Laws

Contents 1. Introduction: On the nature and importance of thermodynamic laws 2. Thermodynamic systems and their description 2.1.