Helmholtz theorem (classical mechanics)

Helmholtz theorem (classical mechanics)

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The Helmholtz theorem of classical mechanics reads as follows:

Let

:H(x,p;V)=K(p)+varphi(x;V)

be the Hamiltonian of a one-dimensional system, where

:K=frac{p^2}{2m}

is the kinetic energy and

:varphi(x;V)

is a "U-shaped" potential energy profile which depends on a parameter V.Let leftlangle cdot ight angle _{t} denote the time average. Let

:E = K + varphi,

:T = 2leftlangle K ight angle _{t},

:P = leftlangle -frac{partial varphi }{partial V} ight angle _{t},

:S(E,V)=log oint sqrt{2mleft( E-varphi left( x,V ight) ight) },dx.

Then

:dS = frac{dE+PdV}{T}.

Remarks

The thesis of this theorem of classical mechanics reads exactly as the heat theorem of thermodynamics. This fact shows that thermodynamic-like relations exist between certain mechanical quantities. This in turn allows to define the "thermodynamic state" of a one-dimensional mechanical system. In particular the temperature T is given by time average of the kinetic energy , and the entropy S by the logarithm of the action (i.e.ointdxsqrt{2mleft( E-varphi left( x,V ight) ight) }). The importance of this theorem has been recognized by Ludwig Boltzmann who saw how to apply it to macroscopic systems (i.e. multidimensional systems), in order to provide a mechanical foundation of equilibrium thermodynamics. This research activity was strictly related to his formulation of the ergodic hypothesis.A multidimensional version of the Helmholtz theorem, based on the ergodic theorem of George David Birkhoff is known as generalized Helmholtz theorem.

References

*Helmholtz, H., von (1884a). Principien der Statik monocyklischer Systeme. "Borchardt-Crelle’s Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik", 97, 111–140 (also in Wiedemann G. (Ed.) (1895) Wissenschafltliche Abhandlungen. Vol. 3 (pp. 142–162, 179–202). Leipzig: Johann Ambrosious Barth).
*Helmholtz, H., von (1884b). Studien zur Statik monocyklischer Systeme. "Sitzungsberichte der Kö niglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin", I, 159–177 (also in Wiedemann G. (Ed.) (1895) Wissenschafltliche Abhandlungen. Vol. 3 (pp. 163–178). Leipzig: Johann Ambrosious Barth).
*Boltzmann, L. (1884). Über die Eigenschaften monocyklischer und anderer damit verwandter Systeme."Crelles Journal", 98: 68–94 (also in Boltzmann, L. (1909). Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen (Vol. 3,pp. 122–152), F. Hasenöhrl (Ed.). Leipzig. Reissued New York: Chelsea, 1969).
*Gallavotti, G. (1999). "Statistical mechanics: A short treatise". Berlin: Springer.
*Campisi, M. (2005) "On the mechanical foundations of thermodynamics: The generalized Helmholtz theorem" Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 36: 275–290


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