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PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
卷 630, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2023.129273
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Ergodicity; Thermalization; Harmonic oscillator chain; Integrability; Time scales; Observable
In the framework of statistical mechanics, the properties of macroscopic systems are derived from the laws of their microscopic dynamics. The ergodic property, which assumes the equivalence between time averages and ensemble averages, is a key assumption in this process. This property has only been proven for a limited number of systems, but weak forms of it hold even in systems that are not ergodic at the microscopic scale when extensive observables are considered.
In the framework of statistical mechanics the properties of macroscopic systems are deduced starting from the laws of their microscopic dynamics. One of the key assumptions in this procedure is the ergodic property, namely the equivalence between time averages and ensemble averages. This property can be proved only for a limited number of systems; however, as proved by Khinchin (1949), weak forms of it hold even in systems that are not ergodic at the microscopic scale, provided that extensive observables are considered. Here we show in a pedagogical way the validity of the ergodic hypothesis, at a practical level, in the paradigmatic case of a chain of harmonic oscillators. By using analytical results and numerical computations, we provide evidence that this non-chaotic integrable system shows ergodic behavior in the limit of many degrees of freedom. In particular, the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution turns out to fairly describe the statistics of the single particle velocity. A study of the typical time-scales for relaxation is also provided.
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