Speaker
Jun Yan Lau
(Tsung Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Description
A probability distribution function is first and foremost a model for a real configuration of particles (stars, electrons, etc). On the other hand, statistical mechanics is a way of modelling a real system by an ensemble of models which all share the same bulk qualities (e.g. internal energy, volume, and number of particles). I present an unbiased method of selecting models for a given configuration of particles. This method is key to describing the statistical mechanics of self-gravitating systems.
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Primary author
Jun Yan Lau
(Tsung Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
