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In the CHS model only nearest neighbors interact, and the interactions between amphiphiles in the simplest version of the model are neglected. In the case of the oil-water symmetry only two parameters characterize the interactions b is the strength of the water-water (oil-oil) interaction, and c describes the interaction between water (oil) and an amphiphile. The interaction between amphiphiles and ordinary molecules is proportional to a scalar product between the orientation of the amphiphile and the distance between the particles. In Ref. 15 the CHS model is generalized, and M orientations of amphiphiles uniformly distributed over the sphere are considered, with M oo. Every lattice site is occupied either by an oil, water, or surfactant particle in an orientation ujf, there are thus 2 + M microscopic states at every lattice site. The microscopic density of the state i is p.(r) = 1(0) if the site r is (is not) occupied by the state i. We denote the sum and the difference of microscopic oil and water densities by and 2 respectively and the density of surfactant at a point r and an orientation by p (r) = p r,U(). The microscopic densities assume the values = 1,0, = 1,0 and 2 = ill 0- In close-packing case the total density of surfactant ps(r) is related to by p = Ylf Pi = 1 - i i. The Hamiltonian of this model has the following form [15]... 

The quantity p2 as a function of the coordinates is interpreted as the probability of the corresponding microscopic state of the system in this case the probability that the electron occupies a certain position relative to the nucleus. It is seen from equation 6 that in the normal state the hydrogen atom is spherically symmetrical, for p1M is a function of r alone. The atom is furthermore not bounded, but extends to infinity the major portion is, however, within a radius of about 2a0 or lA. In figure 3 are represented the eigenfunction pm, the average electron density p = p]m and the radial electron distribution D = 4ir r p for the normal state of the hydrogen atom. 

Consider a system of N particles with masses m in a volume V = L3. Particle i has position r, and velocity v, and the phase point describing the microscopic state of the system is /e (r, v ) = (ri, r2,..., rN, vi, V2,..., v v). We assume that the particles comprising the system undergo collisions that occur at discrete-time intervals x and free stream between such collisions. If the position of particle i at time t is r, its position at time t + x is... 

The density of states is the central function in statistical thermodynamics, and provides the key link between the microscopic states of a system and its macroscopic, observable properties. In systems with continuous degrees of freedom, the correct treatment of this function is not as straightforward as in lattice systems - we, therefore, present a brief discussion of its subtleties later. The section closes with a short description of the microcanonical MC simulation method, which demonstrates the properties of continuum density of states functions. 

Concerning statement 1,1 believe that one should first define what exactly is meant by approximation. In La Fin des Certitudes (p. 29), Prigogine rightly attacks the rather widely present view according to which statistical mechanics requires a (brute) coarse graining (i.e., a grouping of the microscopic states into cells, considered as the basic units of the theory). This process is, indeed, an arbitrary approximation that cannot be accepted as a basis of the fundamental explanation of the very real macroscopic irreversible processes. 

The statistical mechanical theory of the helix-coil transition of DNA is improved by introducing approximate normalization factors for the unnormalized statistical weights of finding a given molecule of the assembly in a given microscopic state. 

This equation expresses the well-known condition of detailed balance according to which every transition out of a microscopic state of a system in equilibrium is balanced on the average by a transition into that state. This condition is sufficient for the maintenance of thermodynamic equilibrium. Equation (60) demonstrates that the system absorbs more energy per unit time than it emits. It can be concluded that there is a net energy dissipation from the external field with a consequent production of heat. 

The properties and the behavior of systems composed of many elementary particles, atoms, and molecules, are described by quantum statistics.3-5 Let bl "bN be a complete set of observables of an N-particle system, where b, is a complete observable of the single-particle systems, for example, b1 = r1s1, with r, being the position and 5, being the spin projection. Then the microscopic state is given by a vector bx bN) in the space of states dKN. 

The operator (5.1) describes the pair density in the microscopic state. 

This substantial equation requires some explanation and we will consider each of the five terms separately. The first term - RT n (ochlrC0mn) represents the degeneracy of the microscopic state. The 0Chir part refers to the generation of enantiomers ochlr = 1 when no enantiomers are generated and is equal to 2 when two enantiomers are formed. The mn term is the degeneracy the number of equivalent microspecies that contribute to the microscopic state as we saw in Ercolani s model. 

A four-state Ising-Potts model is applied to the [Mn(taa)] system to elucidate thermodynamic relations [21]. An [Mn(taa)] molecule is assumed to take four different microscopic states state 0 is the LS state and states 1-3 are the HS states with the elongation axis parallel to x, y, and z, respectively. Interactions are assumed only between nearest neighbor molecules. Under a mean-field approximation [22], the internal energy of the [Mn(taa)] system is expressed in terms of populations Pi (i = 0,1,2,3) of four microscopic states,... 

When other kinds of work are involved, it is necessary to specify more variables, but the point is that when a small number of properties are specified, all the other properties of the system are fixed. This is in contrast with the very large number of properties that have to be specified to describe the microscopic state of a macroscopic system. In classical physics the complete description of a mole of an ideal gas would require the specification of 3NA components in the three directions of spatial coordinates and 3NA components of velocities of molecules, where NA is the Avogadro constant. 

This equation relates the bimolecular rate constant to the state-to-state rate constant ka(ij l) and ultimately to vap(ij, v l). Note that the rate constant is simply the average value of vcrR(ij,v l). Thus, in a short-hand notation we have ka = (vap(ij,v l)). The average is taken over all the microscopic states including the appropriate probability distributions, which are the velocity distributions /a va) and /b( )(vb) in the experiment and the given distributions over the internal quantum states of the reactants. 

Entropy is interpreted as the number of microscopic arrangements included in the macroscopic definition of a system. The second law is then used to derive the distribution of molecules and systems over their states. This allows macroscopic state functions to be calculated from microscopic states by statistical methods. 

It should be emphasized that the native and denatured states of a protein depend on the environmental conditions, but these modify the protein states gradually and cannot be considered as phase transitions, i.e., as transitions between macroscopic states, but only as transitions between microscopic states, corresponding to the same macroscopic state (see, e.g., Griko et al., 1988a). 

We note that the classical equilibrium entropy (i.e., the eta-function evaluated at equilibrium states) acquires in the context of the Microcanonical Ensemble an interesting physical interpretation. The entropy becomes a logarithm of the volume of the phase space that is available to macroscopic systems having the fixed volume, fixed number of particles and fixed energy. If there is only one microscopic state that corresponds to a given macroscopic state, we can put the available phase space volume equal to one and the entropy becomes thus zero. The one-to-one relation between microscopic and macroscopic thermodynamic equilibrium states is thus realized only at zero temperature. 

This expression of the law of the realization of the microscopic states can be separated in two parts the partition function Zo of all species Ej(mj) and Ei(Mj) of which numbers are far above hundreds and the partition function Z(T,V,N) for species whose number is less than 100. The probability P(N) is then given by ... 

In Eq. (5.21) S is the statistical average of values for many microscopic states. If we were concerned with but a few particles distributed over a few... 

This equation is derived using the same procedure as that earlier used to derive Eq. (262). More specifically, we have to apply twice the entanglement prescription used to derive Eq. (262) the first time to describe the entanglement between the microscopic state and the macroscopic measurement apparatus, and the second time to entangle the macroscopic pointer with its own environment. 

Thus, to make sense of all this, we have to assume that the observer cannot see the linear superposition m), because this is a microscopic state. The observer cannot see the linear superposition of Eq. (277) either, because the... 

The first postulate states that all the microscopic states are equally probable. In other words, all of the degrees of freedom participate in the energy distribution with the same probability. The second postulate states that the system can be described by movements on a multidimensional surface, and that a border surface exists that separates the reactants from the products. This surface can only be crossed in one direction any reactant that crosses the transition state is irreversibly transformed into products. 

The properties of a system based on the behavior of molecules are related to the microscopic state, which is the main concern of statistical thermodynamics. In contrast, classical thermodynamics formulate the macroscopic state, which is related to the average behavior of large groups of molecules leading to the definitions of macroscopic properties such as temperature and pressure. 

Example 1.3 Entropy and distribution of probability Entropy is a state function. Its foundation is macroscopic and directly related to macroscopic changes. Such changes are mostly irreversible and time asymmetric. Contrary to this, the laws of classical and quantum mechanics are time symmetric, so that a change between states 1 and 2 is reversible. On the other hand, macroscopic and microscopic changes are related in a way that, for example, an irreversible change of heat flow is a direct consequence of the collision of particles that is described by the laws of mechanics. Boltzmann showed that the entropy of a macroscopic state is proportional to the number of configurations fl of microscopic states a system can have... 

Equation (1.77) shows that disorganization and randomness increase entropy, while organization and ordering decrease it, and equilibrium states have the maximum value of fl. In the above system, fl reaches its maximum value when , = n2. In parallel, the increase in entropy corresponds to the increase in the number of microscopic states or states with higher probability. The concept of entropy as a measure of organized structures is attracting scientists from diverse fields such as physics, biology, and communication and information systems. 

Carlo simulations a random walk through the phase space of the model stem Is made. In this way a sequence of microscopic states are generated which are either or not accepted based on some criterion. Usually, in double layer problems the chemical potential is kept constant so that the thermodynamic parameters are obtained grand canonically, see Lapp. 6. 

In Eq. (5.21) S is the statistical average of values for many microscopic states. If we were concerned with but a few particles distributed over a few states, the statistical average would hot be needed, because we could specify the possible distributions of the particles over the states. However, for large collections of molecules and their many possible quantum states, the statistical approach is mandatory. Indeed, the concept we have used is not appropriate unless large numbers are involved. For example, if but two molecules (instead of No) were distributed between the sections, we could not assume with any confidence an equal number of molecules in each section. For a significant fraction of the time there would be two molecules in one section and none in the other. 

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