STATISTICAL MECHANICAL BASIS FOR THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

Abstract

Work is conducted which shows that irreversible macroscopic behavior can result from reversible microscopic mechanics or, more specifically, how the second law of thermodynamics can be a consequence of the Schrodinger equation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0262101

Entities

People

  • R.a. Nelson

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Equations Of State
  • Gas Laws
  • Ideal Gas Law
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanics
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Physics
  • Reversible
  • Schrodinger Equation
  • Scientific Laws
  • Thermodynamics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.