STATISTICAL AND THERMODYNAMICAL DESCRIPTION OF CORRELATED SYSTEMS. V. PHENOMENOLOGICAL EQUATIONS NEAR BY EQUILIBRIUM
The phenomenological equations for time-changes of entropies and of observables are obtained from timedependent statistical probability distributions. It is found that there are two possible and admissible ways of phenomenological description of irreversible processes: (i) from the point of view of the whole isolated system, or (ii) from the point of view of a single non-isolated subsystem. These descriptions are not equivalent: in (i) one finds different formulas for the rates of irreversible changes than in (ii), i.e., the fluxes are found to be caused by different causes in different descriptions. It is also found that irreversible processes occurring in both subsystems can influence each other. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Jagellonian Univ., Krakow
- NSA Number:
- NSA-18-004334
- OSTI ID:
- 4132785
- Journal Information:
- Acta Phys. Polon., Vol. Vol: 24; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-64
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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