PNMS Case Study — Boltzmann Relaxation: Thermal Contact and Equilibrium in Signature Space

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contents <p><strong>Case study applying the Property-Neutral Matrixscope (PNMS) projection to thermal contact between two systems with heat capacities C_A and C_B. Two thermal states Σ_A and Σ_B located on the Boltzmann diagonal are used as input. The physical model of thermal contact produces an equilibrium temperature</strong></p> <p><strong>T_eq = (C_A·T_A + C_B·T_B) / (C_A + C_B)</strong></p> <p><strong>which conserves energy. The resulting state Σ_out is obtained by projecting the equilibrium quantities through Φ_R. The study compares the physical equilibrium temperature with the geometric midpoint of the two signatures, which corresponds to the geometric mean temperature √(T_A·T_B) under the logarithmic metric used in signature space. Signature distances are computed between the initial states and the equilibrium state, showing that the equilibrium point is generally displaced from the signature midpoint and that the displacement reflects entropy production and heat-capacity asymmetry. The analysis demonstrates how thermodynamic relaxation appears as a measurable structural movement of states along the statistical-mechanics diagonal in PNMS signature space. </strong></p>
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spellingShingle PNMS Case Study — Boltzmann Relaxation: Thermal Contact and Equilibrium in Signature Space
Lami, Faical
entropy production
heat capacity
thermal equilibrium
Boltzmann relation
statistical mechanics
thermodynamic systems
signature space
Planck normalization
Boltzmann constant
thermal contact
<p><strong>Case study applying the Property-Neutral Matrixscope (PNMS) projection to thermal contact between two systems with heat capacities C_A and C_B. Two thermal states Σ_A and Σ_B located on the Boltzmann diagonal are used as input. The physical model of thermal contact produces an equilibrium temperature</strong></p> <p><strong>T_eq = (C_A·T_A + C_B·T_B) / (C_A + C_B)</strong></p> <p><strong>which conserves energy. The resulting state Σ_out is obtained by projecting the equilibrium quantities through Φ_R. The study compares the physical equilibrium temperature with the geometric midpoint of the two signatures, which corresponds to the geometric mean temperature √(T_A·T_B) under the logarithmic metric used in signature space. Signature distances are computed between the initial states and the equilibrium state, showing that the equilibrium point is generally displaced from the signature midpoint and that the displacement reflects entropy production and heat-capacity asymmetry. The analysis demonstrates how thermodynamic relaxation appears as a measurable structural movement of states along the statistical-mechanics diagonal in PNMS signature space. </strong></p>
title PNMS Case Study — Boltzmann Relaxation: Thermal Contact and Equilibrium in Signature Space
topic entropy production
heat capacity
thermal equilibrium
Boltzmann relation
statistical mechanics
thermodynamic systems
signature space
Planck normalization
Boltzmann constant
thermal contact
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18916514