Statistical mechanics for unstable states in Gel'fand triplets and investigations of parabolic potential barriers

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2001 May;63(5 Pt 2):056101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.056101. Epub 2001 Apr 10.

Abstract

Free energies and other thermodynamical quantities are investigated in canonical and grand canonical ensembles of statistical mechanics involving unstable states which are described by the generalized eigenstates with complex energy eigenvalues in the conjugate space of Gel'fand triplet. The theory is applied to the systems containing parabolic potential barriers (PPB's). The entropy and energy productions from PPB systems are studied. An equilibrium for a chemical process described by reactions A+CB <==>AC+B is also discussed.