Nonequilibrium in statistical and fluid mechanics. Ensembles and their equivalence. Entropy driven intermittency

Authors
Gallavotti, G
Citation
G. Gallavotti, Nonequilibrium in statistical and fluid mechanics. Ensembles and their equivalence. Entropy driven intermittency, J MATH PHYS, 41(6), 2000, pp. 4061-4081
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00222488 → ACNP
Volume
41
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
4061 - 4081
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2488(200006)41:6<4061:NISAFM>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We present a review of the chaotic hypothesis and discuss its applications to intermittency in statistical mechanics and fluid mechanics proposing a q uantitative definition. Entropy creation rate is interpreted in terms of ce rtain intermittency phenomena. An attempt at a theory of the experiment of Ciliberto-Laroche on the fluctuation law is presented. (C) 2000 American In stitute of Physics. [S0022-2488(00)01406-7].