Fluctuations and Irreversible Process. II. Systems with Kinetic Energy
Abstract
The results of the previous paper are extended to second-order systems, i.e., systems with inertia. Using a generalized definition of the thermodynamic forces, reciprocal relations for the dissipative coefficients in the equations describing irreversible processes are derived. A dissipation function can again be defined, and it can again be used to express the probability functional for fluctuations.
- Publication:
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Physical Review
- Pub Date:
- September 1953
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRev.91.1512
- Bibcode:
- 1953PhRv...91.1512M