{
  "id": "cond-mat/0203005",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2002-03-01T02:04:54.000Z",
  "updated": "2002-03-01T02:04:54.000Z",
  "title": "On the density matrix of nonequilibrium steady-state statistical mechanics",
  "authors": [
    "Takafumi Kita"
  ],
  "comment": "3 pages, 1 figure",
  "journal": "J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 71, 1795 (2002).",
  "doi": "10.1143/JPSJ.71.1795",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "This paper derives a density matrix of the steady-state statistical mechanics compatible with the steady-state thermodynamics proposed by Oono and Paniconi [Prog. Theor. Phys. Suppl. {\\bf 130}, 29 (1998)]. To this end, we adopt three plausible basic assumptions for uniform steady states: (i) equivalence between any two subsystems of the total, (ii) statistical independence between any two subsystems, and (iii) additivity of energy. With a suitable definition of energy, it is then shown that uniform steady states driven by mechanical forces may be described by the Gibbs distribution.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2002-03-01T02:04:54.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "nonequilibrium steady-state statistical mechanics",
      "density matrix",
      "uniform steady states driven",
      "gibbs distribution",
      "subsystems"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 3,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}