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arxiv: cond-mat/0311536 · v1 · submitted 2003-11-24 · ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech · cond-mat.soft· hep-th· physics.class-ph

Classical Canonical Distribution for Dissipative Systems

classification ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech cond-mat.softhep-thphysics.class-ph
keywords canonicalclassicaldissipativedistributionstationaryforcesgibbsnon-potential
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In this paper we derive the canonical distribution as a stationary solution of the Liouville equation for the classical dissipative system. Dissipative classical systems can have stationary states look like canonical Gibbs distributions. The condition for non-potential forces which leads to this stationary solution is very simple: the power of the non-potential forces must be directly proportional to the velocity of the Gibbs phase (phase entropy density) change. The example of the canonical distribution for a linear oscillator with friction is considered.

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