Information and thermodynamics’ first law Export

@article{citeulike:6080053, abstract = {Thermodynamics' first law (TFL), although undoubtedly true because of its many verified consequences, rests on a rather weak experimental foundation in the sense that, as pointed out by Pippard, its path-independent aspect cannot be said to have been directly verified. From the theoretical side, also questionable is the need of invoking the adiabatic theorem (AT) to prove the TFL from first principles. We provide a more direct theoretical demonstration, derived from information theory, without the AT and some other usually employed arguments.}, author = {Martinez, S. and Plastino, A. and Soffer, B.}, citeulike-article-id = {6080053}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2005.05.031}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0378437105004735}, day = {01}, doi = {10.1016/j.physa.2005.05.031}, issn = {03784371}, journal = {Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications}, keywords = {thermodynamics}, month = {October}, number = {1}, pages = {167--171}, posted-at = {2009-11-06 07:08:43}, priority = {2}, title = {Information and thermodynamics' first law}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2005.05.031}, volume = {356}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6080053 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6080053 N2 - Thermodynamics’ first law (TFL), although undoubtedly true because of its many verified consequences, rests on a rather weak experimental foundation in the sense that, as pointed out by Pippard, its path-independent aspect cannot be said to have been directly verified. From the theoretical side, also questionable is the need of invoking the adiabatic theorem (AT) to prove the TFL from first principles. We provide a more direct theoretical demonstration, derived from information theory, without the AT and some other usually employed arguments. IS - 1 JF - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications SN - 03784371 EP - 171 TI - Information and thermodynamics’ first law VL - 356 SP - 167 KW - thermodynamics AU - Martinez, S AU - Plastino, A AU - Soffer, B PY - 2005/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2005.05.031 ER -