Ergotropic rearrangement of phase space density
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| author | Campisi, Michele |
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| contents | The explicit expression of ergotropy (a.k.a. available energy) of a classical system is known for the case when the system phase space density is continuous and with no plateaus. Here we provide the general expression of ergotropy that applies without those limitations. It easily follows upon casting the ergotropy problem as a function rearrangement problem. This leads to the notion of "ergotropic rearangement" which generalises that of "symmetric decreasing rearrangement" (an advanced topic of measure theory). We apply it to investigate the fate of classical ergotropy in the thermodynamic limit, and find that any density of the form $ρ=f(H_0)$ is asymptotically passive, where $H_0$ is the system Hamiltonian and $f$ a generic function. |
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| spellingShingle | Ergotropic rearrangement of phase space density Campisi, Michele Statistical Mechanics Plasma Physics The explicit expression of ergotropy (a.k.a. available energy) of a classical system is known for the case when the system phase space density is continuous and with no plateaus. Here we provide the general expression of ergotropy that applies without those limitations. It easily follows upon casting the ergotropy problem as a function rearrangement problem. This leads to the notion of "ergotropic rearangement" which generalises that of "symmetric decreasing rearrangement" (an advanced topic of measure theory). We apply it to investigate the fate of classical ergotropy in the thermodynamic limit, and find that any density of the form $ρ=f(H_0)$ is asymptotically passive, where $H_0$ is the system Hamiltonian and $f$ a generic function. |
| title | Ergotropic rearrangement of phase space density |
| topic | Statistical Mechanics Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28388 |