Musings on thermostats.
In 2005, Bright et al. gave numerical evidence that among the family of time reversible deterministic thermostats known as μ-thermostats, the conventional μ=1 thermostat proposed by Hoover and Evans is the only thermostat that is capable of generating an equilibrium state. Using the recently discovered relaxation theorem, we give a mathematical proof that this is true.
Evans
Denis J
DJ
Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia.
Searles
Debra J
DJ
Williams
Stephen R
SR
D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D013696:Temperature