Methods and conversations in (post)modern thermodynamics

2023/11/02 by Francesco Avanzini, Massimo Bilancioni, Vasco Cavina +21 · 1 voice · 3 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #cond-mat.stat-mech

paper · pdf · doi:10.21468/scipostphyslectnotes.80

arxiv published 2023/11/02 · arxiv updated 2024/01/19 · openalex publication_date 2024/03/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Lecture notes after the doctoral school (Post)Modern Thermodynamics held at the University of Luxembourg, December 2022, 5-7, covering and advancing continuous-time Markov chains, network theory, stochastic thermodynamics, large deviations, deterministic and stochastic chemical reaction networks, metastability, martingales, quantum thermodynamics, and foundational issues.

Citations

• Six out of equilibrium lectures
• Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?
• Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt
• Completely positive dynamical semigroups of N-level systems
• Stochastic thermodynamics, fluctuation theorems and molecular machines
• Steady-State Thermodynamics of Langevin Systems
• On the Einstein Podolsky Rosen paradox
• Macroscopic fluctuation theory
• On data and dimension in chemistry -- irreversibility, concealment and emergent conservation laws

Cited by

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Discussions

• Let's start from an overdamped langevin equation for some variable $A$ : $$\frac{\partial A(t)}{\partial t}=-\frac{\partial F(A)}{\partial A}+\sqrt{2T}\eta(t) \tag 1$$ $A$ could represent the size of [stackexchange, 3 points]