TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial distributions of observables in systems under thermal gradients
AU - Aoki, Kenichiro
AU - Kusnezov, Dimitri
N1 - Funding Information:
K.A. was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture.
PY - 2004/11
Y1 - 2004/11
N2 - The departure behavior of the observables from their thermal equilibrium expectation values was analyzed under heat flow in a steady-state nonequilibrium environment. The relationship between the momentum cumulants and the spatial distribution was also investigated. It was observed that the temperature profile for a given nonequilibrium steady state combined with deviations of physical observables could be used to develop a consistent description of spatial distribution of the observables. The results show that lower order cumulants characterize the difference of the nonequilibrium distribution from the one in local equilibrium.
AB - The departure behavior of the observables from their thermal equilibrium expectation values was analyzed under heat flow in a steady-state nonequilibrium environment. The relationship between the momentum cumulants and the spatial distribution was also investigated. It was observed that the temperature profile for a given nonequilibrium steady state combined with deviations of physical observables could be used to develop a consistent description of spatial distribution of the observables. The results show that lower order cumulants characterize the difference of the nonequilibrium distribution from the one in local equilibrium.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.051203
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.051203
M3 - Article
C2 - 15600596
AN - SCOPUS:41349110841
SN - 1063-651X
VL - 70
SP - 051203-1-051203-8
JO - Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
JF - Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
IS - 5 1
M1 - 051203
ER -