ON THE VALIDITY OF A VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLE FOR FAR-FROM-EQUILIBRIUM STEADY-STATES

Authors
SANTOS A GARZO V BREY JJ
Citation
A. Santos et al., ON THE VALIDITY OF A VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLE FOR FAR-FROM-EQUILIBRIUM STEADY-STATES, Europhysics letters, 29(9), 1995, pp. 693-698
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
29
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
693 - 698
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1995)29:9<693:OTVOAV>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
It is shown that an exact solution of the non-linear Boltzmann equatio n does not verify the variational principle for non-equilibrium steady states proposed by Evans and Baranyai (Phys. Rev. Lett., 67 (1991) 25 97). Therefore, the principle does not provide a basis for the underst anding of far-from-equilibrium steady states.