Archivi FM 15-08, mp_arc , arxiv/0810.1510;
Published: CHAOS 19, 013101, 2009; doi: 10.1063/1.3054710

Author Giovanni Gallavotti

Title On Thermostats: Isokinetic or Hamiltonian? finite or infinite?

Abstract The relation between finite isokinetic thermostats and infinite Hamiltonian thermostats is studied and their equivalence is heuristically discussed.
Keywords Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Infinite Systems Dynamics, Entropy, Large Deviations, Thermostats

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Giovanni Gallavotti

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