Nonequivalent ensembles and metastability
Hugo Touchette, Richard S. Ellis
Abstract
This paper reviews a number of fundamental connections that exist between nonequivalent microcanonical and canonical ensembles, the appearance of first-order phase transitions in the canonical ensemble, and thermodynamic metastable behavior.
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