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#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.27.289 D. Ter Haar "Foundations of Statistical Mechanics", Reviews of Modern Physics '''27''' pp. 289 - 338 (1955)] | #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.27.289 D. Ter Haar "Foundations of Statistical Mechanics", Reviews of Modern Physics '''27''' pp. 289 - 338 (1955)] | ||
#[http://www.pnas.org/content/11/3/179.full.pdf+html Gilbert N. Lewis "A New Principle of Equilibrium", PNAS '''11''' pp. 179-183 (1925)] | #[http://www.pnas.org/content/11/3/179.full.pdf+html Gilbert N. Lewis "A New Principle of Equilibrium", PNAS '''11''' pp. 179-183 (1925)] | ||
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*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.477973 Vasilios I. Manousiouthakis and Michael W. Deem "Strict detailed balance is unnecessary in Monte Carlo simulation", Journal of Chemical Physics '''110''' pp. 2753- (1999)] | |||
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Revision as of 17:51, 11 February 2010
Detailed balance (or the principle of microscopic reversibility) expresses the notion that at equilibrium, there are as many processes destroying situation and creating situation as there are processes destroying situation and creating situation (Ref 1 Appendix VII).
References
- D. Ter Haar "Foundations of Statistical Mechanics", Reviews of Modern Physics 27 pp. 289 - 338 (1955)
- Gilbert N. Lewis "A New Principle of Equilibrium", PNAS 11 pp. 179-183 (1925)
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