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When do Gibbsian Phase Averages and Boltzmannian Equilibrium Values Agree?

Werndl, Charlotte and Frigg, Roman (2020) When do Gibbsian Phase Averages and Boltzmannian Equilibrium Values Agree? [Preprint]

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This paper aims to shed light on the relation between Boltzmannian statistical mechanics and Gibbsian statistical mechanics by studying the Mechanical Averaging Principle, which says that, under certain conditions, Boltzmannian equilibrium values and Gibbsian phase averages are approximately equal. What are these conditions? We identify three conditions each of which is individually sufficient (but not necessary) for Boltzmannian equilibrium values to be approximately equal to Gibbsian phase averages: the Khinchin condition, and two conditions that result from two new theorems, the Average Equivalence Theorem and the Cancelling Out
Theorem. These conditions are not trivially satisfied, and there are core models of statistical mechanics, the six-vertex model and the Ising model, in which they fail.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Werndl, Charlotte
Frigg, Roman
Keywords: statistical mechanics, Boltzmann, Gibbs, phase averages, equilibrium, Ising model, six-vertex model
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Depositing User: Charlotte Werndl
Date Deposited: 21 Sep 2021 03:06
Last Modified: 21 Sep 2021 03:06
Item ID: 19600
Official URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Date: 2020
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19600

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