Classical fluids of negative heat capacity
- Southampton Univ., (United Kingdom). Faculty of Mathematical Studies
- Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL (United States). Dept. of Physics
It is shown that new parameters X can be defined such that the heat capacity C{sub X} {equivalent to} T({partial derivative}S/{partial derivative}T)X is negative, even when the canonical ensemble (i.e. at fixed T = ({partial derivative}U/{partial derivative}S) and Y {ne} X) is stable. As examples we treat black body radiation and general gas systems with nonsingular {kappa}{sub T}. For the case of a simple ideal gas we even exhibit an apparatus which enforces a constraint X(p,V) = const. that makes C{sub X} < 0. Since it is possible to invent constraints for which canonically stable systems have negative heat capacity we speculate that it may also be possible to infer the statistical mechanics of canonically unstable systems - for which even the traditional heat capacities are negative - by imposing constraints that stabilize the associated, inoncanonical ensembles.
- Research Organization:
- Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG05-86ER40272
- OSTI ID:
- 7259104
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/40272-166; UFIFT-HEP-92-18; ON: DE92040507
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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