Hamiltonian thermodynamics in the extended phase space: a unifying theory for non-linear molecular dynamics and classical thermodynamics

Abstract

The Hamiltonian theory of thermodynamics for reversible and irreversible processes is presented in detail. Particularly, it is demonstrated that non-linear molecular dynamics and thermodynamics of equilibrium and non-equilibrium processes can merge in a single dynamical theory by constructing a homogeneous of first degree in momenta Hamiltonian function on the extended thermodynamic state space and in the entropy representation. The geometrical properties of the physical equilibrium state manifold are discussed and results of numerical experiments with the Henon–Heiles model that dissipates in a simple thermodynamic system with multiple friction parameters are presented. It is well known that this classical paradigm carries most of the non-linear dynamical characteristics of generic molecular systems. The construction of homogeneous Hamiltonians for composite thermodynamic systems is also outlined in the appendixes, where the theory of Hamiltonian thermodynamics is developed in current differential geometry terms.