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Normal modes in irreversible thermodynamics

We show that the linear equations of irreversible thermodynamics possess normal mode solutions allowing a simple spectral decomposition of the Green function and of the time-correlation function of thermal fluctuations. In the nondegenerate case it is possible to introduce normal coordinates with exponential behavior in time. As an application we consider the normal mode analysis of damped mechanical systems.
Year of publication:
1980
Authors: Felderhof, B.U. ; Titulaer, U.M.
Published in:
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 100.1980, 3, p. 563-572
Publisher: Elsevier
Type of publication: Article
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