Comment on "Failure of the work-Hamiltonian connection for free-energy calculations" by Jose M. G. Vilar and J. Miguel Rubi

dc.creatorPeliti, Luca
dc.date2008-08-21
dc.date2008-08-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:58:06Z
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dc.descriptionI point out that the arguments raised by Vilar and Rubi against the work-Hamiltonian connection in free-energy calculations imply, if correct, the failure of the statistical mechanical expression of the thermodynamical free-energy via the logarithm of the partition function.
dc.descriptionTo appear in Physical Review Letters
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2855
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2855
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 101, 098903 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.098903
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/167593
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleComment on "Failure of the work-Hamiltonian connection for free-energy calculations" by Jose M. G. Vilar and J. Miguel Rubi
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