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Multiscale Thermodynamics: Energy, Entropy, and Symmetry from Atoms to Bulk Behavior
Ralph V. Chamberlin, Michael R. Clark, Vladimiro Mujica +1
Here we investigate how local properties of particles in a thermal bath influence the thermodynamics of the bath. We utilize nanothermodynamics, based on two postulates: that small…
An introduction to nanothermodynamics: Thermal equilibrium for heterogeneous and finite-sized systems
Ralph V. Chamberlin, Michael R. Clark, Vladimiro Mujica +1
The theory of small-system thermodynamics was originally developed to extend the laws of thermodynamics to length scales of nanometers. Here we review this "nanothermodynamics," an…
Fluctuation theorems and 1/f noise from a simple matrix
Ralph V. Chamberlin, Sumiyoshi Abe, Bryce F. Davis +2
Here we present a model for a small system combined with an explicit entropy bath that is comparably small. The dynamics of the model is defined by a simple matrix, M. Each row of…
The Big World of Nanothermodynamics
Ralph V. Chamberlin
Nanothermodynamics extends standard thermodynamics to facilitate finite-size effects on the scale of nanometers. A key ingredient is Hill's subdivision potential that accommodates…
Modified Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics if excitations are localized on an intermediate length scale: Application to non-Debye specific heat
Ralph V. Chamberlin, Bryce F. Davis
Disordered systems show deviations from the standard Debye theory of specific heat at low temperatures. These deviations are often attributed to two-level systems of uncertain orig…
Beyond the Boltzmann factor for corrections to scaling in ferromagnetic materials and critical fluids
Ralph V. Chamberlin, Josh V. Vermaas, George H. Wolf
The Boltzmann factor comes from the linear change in entropy of an infinite heat bath during a local fluctuation; small systems have significant nonlinear terms. We present theoret…