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Editorial
. 2018 May 23;20(6):392.
doi: 10.3390/e20060392.

Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics of Small Systems

Andrea Puglisi  1 , Alessandro Sarracino  1 , Angelo Vulpiani  2   3
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Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics of Small Systems

Andrea Puglisi et al. Entropy (Basel). .

Abstract

A challenging frontier in modern statistical physics is concerned with systems with a small number of degrees of freedom, far from the thermodynamic limit.[...].

Keywords: large deviations; non-equilibrium fluctuations; small systems; statistical mechanics; stochastic thermodynamics.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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