Musings on thermostats
Author(s)
Evans, Denis J.
Bernhardt, Debra
Williams, Stephen R.
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2010
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In 2005, Bright et al. gave numerical evidence that among the family of time reversible deterministic thermostats known as mu-thermostats, the conventional mu =1 thermostat proposed by Hoover and Evans is the only thermostat that is capable of generating an equilibrium state. Using the recently discovered relaxation theorem, we give a mathematical proof that this is true.In 2005, Bright et al. gave numerical evidence that among the family of time reversible deterministic thermostats known as mu-thermostats, the conventional mu =1 thermostat proposed by Hoover and Evans is the only thermostat that is capable of generating an equilibrium state. Using the recently discovered relaxation theorem, we give a mathematical proof that this is true.
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Journal Title
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume
133
Subject
Physical sciences
Condensed matter modelling and density functional theory
Chemical sciences
Transport properties and non-equilibrium processes
Engineering