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On the generalized equipartition theorem in molecular dynamics ensembles and the microcanonical thermodynamics of small systems.
Journal of Chemical Physics 2008 March 29
We consider various ensemble averages within the molecular dynamics (MD) ensemble, corresponding to those states sampled during a MD simulation in which the application of periodic boundary conditions imposes a constraint on the momentum of the center of mass. As noted by Shirts et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 125, 164102 (2006)] for an isolated system, we find that the principle of equipartition is not satisfied within such simulations, i.e., the total kinetic energy of the system is not shared equally among all the translational degrees of freedom. Nevertheless, we derive two different versions of Tolman's generalized equipartition theorem, one appropriate for the canonical ensemble and the other relevant to the microcanonical ensemble. In both cases, the breakdown of the principle of equipartition immediately follows from Tolman's result. The translational degrees of freedom are, however, still equivalent, being coupled to the same bulk property in an identical manner. We also show that the temperature of an isolated system is not directly proportional to the average of the total kinetic energy (in contrast to the direct proportionality that arises between the temperature of the external bath and the kinetic energy within the canonical ensemble). Consequently, the system temperature does not appear within Tolman's generalized equipartition theorem for the microcanonical ensemble (unlike the immediate appearance of the temperature of the external bath within the canonical ensemble). Both of these results serve to highlight the flaws in the argument put forth by Hertz [Ann. Phys. 33, 225 (1910); 33, 537 (1910)] for defining the entropy of an isolated system via the integral of the phase space volume. Only the Boltzmann-Planck entropy definition, which connects entropy to the integral of the phase space density, leads to the correct description of the properties of a finite, isolated system. We demonstrate that the use of the integral of the phase space volume leads to unphysical results, indicating that the property of adiabatic invariance has little to do with the behavior of small systems.
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