Abstract
Free energies and other thermodynamical quantities are investigated in canonical and grand canonical ensembles of statistical mechanics involving unstable states which are described by the generalized eigenstates with complex energy eigenvalues in the conjugate space of Gel’fand triplet. The theory is applied to the systems containing parabolic potential barriers (PPB’s). The entropy and energy productions from PPB systems are studied. An equilibrium for a chemical process described by reactions is also discussed.
- Received 13 September 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.63.056101
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