Extensivity and the thermodynamic limit: Why size really does matter

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 370, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 461-482

  Sheehan, D P ^a   Gross, D H E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entropy; Extensivity; Second law of thermodynamics; Thermodynamic limit

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENTROPY; HEAT TREATMENT; PHASE SEPARATION; SIZE DETERMINATION; THERMOSTATS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EXTENSIVITY; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMIC LIMIT;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33748211189     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.07.020     Document Type: Article

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