Microscopic origins of irreversible macroscopic behavior
Microscopic origins of irreversible macroscopic behavior
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DOI：
10.1016/s0378-4371(98)00514-7
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发表时间：
1999-02-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Lebowitz, JL
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作者：
Lebowitz, JL
在单个宏观系统中观察到热力学第二定律所体现的时间不对称行为。它可以被理解为根据汤普森、麦克斯韦和玻尔兹曼的思想，由时间对称的微观定律自然产生的。在我看来，基于将不可逆宏观行为与某些仅具有几个自由度的系统的集合（概率分布）的时间演化中已经存在的混合类型行为等同起来的替代解释是不必要的、误导性的和误导性的。
Time-asymmetric behavior as embodied in the second law of thermodynamics is observed in individual macroscopic systems. It can be understood as arising naturally from time-symmetric microscopic laws in accord with the ideas of Thompson, Maxwell and Boltzmann. Alternate explanations based on equating irreversible macroscopic behavior with the mixing type of behavior already present in the time evolution of ensembles (probability distributions) of certain systems having only a few degrees of freedom are, in my opinion, unnecessary, misguided and misleading.