Violation of the zeroth law of thermodynamics in systems with negative specific heat

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Ramirez Hernandez A ^a,b   Larralde, H ^b   Leyvraz, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY; MAGNETIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECIFIC HEAT;

MICROCANONICAL ENTROPY; NEGATIVE SPECIFIC HEAT;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 41549136869     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.120601     Document Type: Article

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