Dynamic correlations of macroscopic quantities

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Pierre Louis, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TIME MEASUREMENT;

DIFFUSIVE BEHAVIOR; FLUCTUATIONS; MACROSCOPIC QUANTITIES; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM;

CORRELATION METHODS;

EID: 36749002149     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.062601     Document Type: Article

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