FM 00-2; mp_arc@math.utexas.edu \# 00-15;
nlin.CD 0001021 (nlin@xyz.lanl.gov); 13 gennaio 2000
Author: Giovanni Gallavotti
Title: Non equilibrium in statistical and fluid
mechanics. Ensembles and their equivalence. Entropy driven
intermittency.
Abstract: We present a review of the chaotic hypothesis and
discuss its applications to intermittency in statistical mechanics and
fluid mechanics proposing a quantitative definition. Entropy creation
rate is interpreted in terms of certain intermittency phenomena. An
attempt to a theory of the experiment of Ciliberto--Laroche on the
fluctuation law is discussed.
Keywords: Chaos, Turbulence, Fluids, Nonequilibrium,
Intermittency
Address:
Fisica, Universita' di Roma La Sapienza,
P.le Moro 2,
00185 Roma,
Italia
e-mail giovanni.gallavotti@roma1.infn.it
tel. 6-49914370, fax 6-4957697