
arXiv: 2009.12323
It is believed that thermodynamic laws are associated with random processes occurring in the system and, therefore, deterministic mechanical systems cannot be described within the framework of the thermodynamic approach. In this paper, we show that thermodynamics (or, more precisely, a thermodynamically-like description) can be constructed even for deterministic Hamiltonian systems, for example, systems with only one degree of freedom. We show that for such systems it is possible to introduce analogs of thermal energy, temperature, entropy, Helmholtz free energy, etc., which are related to each other by the usual thermodynamic relations. For the Hamiltonian systems considered, the first and second laws of thermodynamics are rigorously derived, which have the same form as in ordinary (molecular) thermodynamics. It is shown that for Hamiltonian systems it is possible to introduce the concepts of a thermodynamic state, a thermodynamic process, and thermodynamic cycles, in particular, the Carnot cycle, which are described by the same relations as their usual thermodynamic analogs.
first and second laws of thermodynamics, Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer, Adiabatic invariants for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics, temperature, Classical Physics (physics.class-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Physics - Classical Physics, thermodynamics, adiabatic invariants, Hamiltonian system, heat, entropy, thermodynamic processes
first and second laws of thermodynamics, Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer, Adiabatic invariants for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics, temperature, Classical Physics (physics.class-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Physics - Classical Physics, thermodynamics, adiabatic invariants, Hamiltonian system, heat, entropy, thermodynamic processes
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