Temperature-dependent energy levels and size-independent thermodynamics

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出版日 2015-05-18

DOI 10.1039/C5CP02332G

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We show that, by properly adopting the notion of temperature-dependent energy levels, the standard tools of differential thermodynamics can be used for a consistent thermostatistical description irrespective of system size. In this framework the paradigmatic (yet not always descriptive) large-system limit is no longer a necessary assumption for differential thermodynamics. We present a generalized relation between temperature and internal energy which extends thermodynamics all the way to isolated quantum systems.

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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

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