Thermodynamic geometry and critical aspects of bifurcations.

Mihara, A · Phys Rev E · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

This work presents an exploratory study of the critical aspects of some well-known bifurcations in the context of thermodynamic geometry. For each bifurcation its normal form is regarded as a geodesic equation of some model analogous to a thermodynamic system. From this hypothesis it is possible to calculate the corresponding metric and curvature and analyze the critical behavior of the bifurcation.