Irreversible entropy variation and the problem of the trend to equilibrium
Abstract
The entropy variation due to irreversibility is considered to deduce a principle of stability for open systems. To demonstrate this, thermodynamic Lagrangian and the minimum action principle are used.
- Publication:
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Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
- Pub Date:
- March 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.physa.2006.10.059
- Bibcode:
- 2007PhyA..376..289L