Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Nonequilibrium statistical thermodynamics of positronium atoms moving in solids

  • Published:
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

We calculate the quasitemperature of positronium atoms moving in a solid in the framework of nonequilibrium statistical thermodynamics. We represent the quasitemperature in the form of the renormalized temperature of the thermostat. The renormalization results from taking the positronium formation rate, the kinetic effects of interaction, and the dynamical effects of collisions into account. We obtain an expression for the thermalization time of positronium atoms.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

REFERENCES

  1. W. Brandt, Appl. Phys., 5, No. 1, 1–1 (1974).

    Google Scholar 

  2. C. H. Hodges and M. J. Stott, Phys. Rev. B, 7, 73–73 (1973).

    Google Scholar 

  3. N. D. Lang and W. Kohn, Phys. Rev. B, 3, 1215–1215 (1971).

    Google Scholar 

  4. D. N. Zubarev, Nonequilibruim Statistical Thermodynamics [in Russian] (2nd ed.), Nauka, Moscow (1977); English transl. prev. ed., Plenum, New York (1974).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Yu. A. Kashlev, Theor. Math. Phys., 123, 821–821 (2000).

    Google Scholar 

  6. Yu. A. Kashlev, Theor. Math. Phys., 102, 78–78 (1995).

    Google Scholar 

  7. G. Carreri, Ordine e Disordine Nella Materic, Laterza, Roma (1982).

    Google Scholar 

  8. H. Ikari, J. Phys. Soc. Japan, 46, No. 1, 97–97 (1979).

    Google Scholar 

  9. W. Brandt and R. Paulin, Phys. Rev. Lett., 31, 1214–1214 (1973).

    Google Scholar 

  10. D. Pines, Elementary Excitations in Solids, Benjamin, New York (1963).

    Google Scholar 

  11. J. P. Carbotte and H. L. Arora, Can. J. Phys., 45, 387–387 (1967).

    Google Scholar 

  12. Yu. A. Kashlev, Theor. Math. Phys., 126, 258–258 (2001).

    Google Scholar 

  13. L. P. Kadanoff and G. Baym, Quantum Statistical Mechanics: Green’s Function Methods in Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Problems, Benjamin, New York (1962).

    Google Scholar 

  14. J. Keizer, Statistical Thermodynamics of Nonequilibrium Processes, Springer, New York (1987).

    Google Scholar 

  15. E. C. Zimmerman and J. Ross, J. Chem. Phys., 80, 720–720 (1984).

    Google Scholar 

  16. F. Seits and J. S. Kochler, Solid State Phys., 2, 305–305 (1956).

    Google Scholar 

  17. R. Kelly, Rad. Eff., 32, 91–91 (1977).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. A. Kashlev

Authors
  1. Yu. A. Kashlev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 142, No. 1, pp. 112–126, January, 2005.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Kashlev, Y.A. Nonequilibrium statistical thermodynamics of positronium atoms moving in solids. Theor Math Phys 142, 96–108 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11232-005-0011-3

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11232-005-0011-3

Keywords

Search

Navigation