Bruno Touschek and Statistical Mechanics

Statistical Inference and Statistical Mechanics

In this lecture, recent developments on connections between Markov processes and nonequilibrium statistical mechanical systems are discussed. A statistical mechanical analogy is developed for Markov processes and a local entropic measure of their true asymmetry is defined. Introducing partial observations, conditional and joint analogies are developed for Markov processes and their optimal filt...

The Extended Touschek Lifetime

Scattering of particles within the bunch is called Touschek scattering. If large enough, such an energy transfer may eject the particle out of the bunch. If a particle is scattered in the dispersive region, it will induce a horizontal betatron oscillation which will be coupled into vertical motion when it passes through skew components. The amount of coupling is expressed in terms of the coupli...

Statistical Mechanics

Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

The field of thermodynamics is easiest to understand in the context of Newtonian mechanics. Newtonian mechanics describes the effect of forces on objects. Thermodynamics describes the effect of heat transfer on objects. When heat is transferred,the temperature of an object changes.Temperature and heat are also intimately related to energy. A hot gas in a piston has a high pressure and it can do...

Boltzmann and Statistical Mechanics †

" O! immodest mortal! Your destiny is the joy of watching the evershifting battle! " Ludwig Boltzmann † Lecture given at the International Meeting " Boltzmann's Legacy-150 Years after his Birth " , organized by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 25-28 May 1994, in Rome, to be published in: " Atti dell " Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei " , 1997.