Equilibrium on hold
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Two atomic clouds confined to one dimension can be made to pass through each other repeatedly without ever coming to rest and such non-equilibrium phenomena are fundamental. In an ultracold atomic gas, a state of equilibrium has generally been reached by the time each atom has collided with just three others and the speed with which relaxation occurs makes observing non-equilibrium phenomena difficult.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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Statistical mechanics of a gas-fluidized particle
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An exhaustive demonstration of a steadily driven dissipative system that is perfectly described by near -equilibrium statistical mechanics is provided. It has a single effective temperature that holds at all timescales and that therefore completely describes the fluctuating dynamics.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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A hard statistical view
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The article discusses the feasibility of the approach of hitting-set problem, which employs the statistical physics techniques to solve extremely complex computer problems. It is found to be extremely beneficial, as the computational methods find applications in numerous fields.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2008
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