Thermodynamic Invariants of Coupled Channels: A Many-Channel Tolman-Ehrenfest Effect

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Main Authors: Hamblin, Benjamin, Calo, Victor, Regenauer-Lieb, Klaus
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author Hamblin, Benjamin
Calo, Victor
Regenauer-Lieb, Klaus
author_facet Hamblin, Benjamin
Calo, Victor
Regenauer-Lieb, Klaus
contents When multiple thermodynamic channels are coupled, single-channel equilibrium conditions fail. Extending the Tolman--Ehrenfest effect to the entropy manifold, we derive the unique $n$-channel invariant $ζ_i T_i = C$, where $ζ_i$ is the holonomy of the Ruppeiner connection. For the granular volume--stress ensemble, Rowe's dilatancy ratio and energy restriction emerge as geometric consequences of the off-diagonal curvature $g_{Vσ}$, and the 60-year puzzle of state-dependent $K_μ$ is resolved: the correction $ζ_V$ reaches $O(1)$ near jamming. The prediction $ζ_Vχ=\mathrm{const}$ across a shear band is experimentally testable.
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spellingShingle Thermodynamic Invariants of Coupled Channels: A Many-Channel Tolman-Ehrenfest Effect
Hamblin, Benjamin
Calo, Victor
Regenauer-Lieb, Klaus
Mathematical Physics
Materials Science
Statistical Mechanics
When multiple thermodynamic channels are coupled, single-channel equilibrium conditions fail. Extending the Tolman--Ehrenfest effect to the entropy manifold, we derive the unique $n$-channel invariant $ζ_i T_i = C$, where $ζ_i$ is the holonomy of the Ruppeiner connection. For the granular volume--stress ensemble, Rowe's dilatancy ratio and energy restriction emerge as geometric consequences of the off-diagonal curvature $g_{Vσ}$, and the 60-year puzzle of state-dependent $K_μ$ is resolved: the correction $ζ_V$ reaches $O(1)$ near jamming. The prediction $ζ_Vχ=\mathrm{const}$ across a shear band is experimentally testable.
title Thermodynamic Invariants of Coupled Channels: A Many-Channel Tolman-Ehrenfest Effect
topic Mathematical Physics
Materials Science
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.15653