Generalized canonical ensembles and ensemble equivalence

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dc.creatorCosteniuc, M.
dc.creatorEllis, R. S.
dc.creatorTouchette, H.
dc.creatorTurkington, B.
dc.date2005-05-09
dc.date2006-02-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:37:46Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:37:46Z
dc.descriptionThis paper is a companion article to our previous paper (J. Stat. Phys. 119, 1283 (2005), cond-mat/0408681), which introduced a generalized canonical ensemble obtained by multiplying the usual Boltzmann weight factor $e^{-βH}$ of the canonical ensemble with an exponential factor involving a continuous function $g$ of the Hamiltonian $H$. We provide here a simplified introduction to our previous work, focusing now on a number of physical rather than mathematical aspects of the generalized canonical ensemble. The main result discussed is that, for suitable choices of $g$, the generalized canonical ensemble reproduces, in the thermodynamic limit, all the microcanonical equilibrium properties of the many-body system represented by $H$ even if this system has a nonconcave microcanonical entropy function. This is something that in general the standard ($g=0$) canonical ensemble cannot achieve. Thus a virtue of the generalized canonical ensemble is that it can be made equivalent to the microcanonical ensemble in cases where the canonical ensemble cannot. The case of quadratic $g$-functions is discussed in detail; it leads to the so-called Gaussian ensemble.
dc.description8 pages, 4 figures (best viewed in ps), revtex4. Changes in v2: Title changed, references updated, new paragraph added, minor differences with published version
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0505218
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0505218
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. E 73, 026105, 2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevE.73.026105
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/100507
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleGeneralized canonical ensembles and ensemble equivalence
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