The generalized canonical ensemble and its universal equivalence with the microcanonical ensemble

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 1283-1329

  Costeniuc, Marius ^a   Ellis, Richard S ^a   Touchette, Hugo ^b   Turkington, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equivalence of ensembles; Generalized canonical ensemble; Large deviation principle; Microcanonical entropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744504544     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-005-4407-0     Document Type: Article

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