Mailing List Archive Mailing List Archive
>Posted on 8 Jul 1996 at 17:44:56 by Scott Cherf > >Re: Chaos and DCI. Was CCRs and the *right.. > >Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 10:47:42 -0700 >From: cherf@ci*.co* (Scott Cherf) > >At 1:03 AM 7/8/96, John 015 wrote: > >>I have arguments for why the growth of a bubble is a system >>in or very near equilibrium. Before I go on I'd like to >>know how you'd solve the *non-equilibrium* problem you pose. >>Say I want to know what the distribution of N2 is 10 seconds >>after the dividing wall is removed. Just how would you >>solve it using statistical mechanics ? > >The method I would use would be to arrange the system in it's >initial state (all the O2 on one side of the box, all the N2 on >the other) then use the Metropolis equations to cycle through the >configurations until minimum energy/maximum entropy was achieved >(equilibrium) at some fixed temperature. > >See: > > Metropolis N., Rosenbluth A.W., Rosenbluth M.N., Teller A.H. and > Teller E. 'Equations of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines', > Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. I agree that the socalled Monte Carlo method will show a system approaching equilibrium but the difficulty posed was one of the *rate* of change. We've already discussed this in private. I didn't realize you also posted but I have nothing further to add. John
Navigate by Author:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Subject Search Index]
[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]
[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]