Entropy 2009, 11(2), 238-248; doi:10.3390/e11020238
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Particle Indistinguishability Symmetry within a Field Theory. Entropic Effects

Dung Di Caprio* email and Jean Pierre Badiali
Laboratory LECIME, ENSCP, CNRS, University Paris 6, B.P. 39, 4, Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 30 December 2008 / Accepted: 20 April 2009 / Published: 21 April 2009
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry and Entropy)
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Abstract: In this paper, we briefly discuss a field theory approach of classical statistical mechanics. We show how an essentially entropic functional accounts for fundamental symmetries related to quantum mechanical properties which hold out in the classical limit of the quantum description. Within this framework, energetic and entropic properties are treated at equal level. Based on a series of examples on electrolytes, we illustrate how this framework gives simple interpretations where entropic fluctuations of anions and cations compete with the energetic properties related to the interaction potential.
Keywords: Classical statistical mechanics; Entropy; Indistinguishability; Field theory; Electrolytes

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Di Caprio, D.; Badiali, J.P. Particle Indistinguishability Symmetry within a Field Theory. Entropic Effects. Entropy 2009, 11, 238-248.

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Di Caprio D, Badiali JP. Particle Indistinguishability Symmetry within a Field Theory. Entropic Effects. Entropy. 2009; 11(2):238-248.

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Di Caprio, Dung; Badiali, Jean Pierre. 2009. "Particle Indistinguishability Symmetry within a Field Theory. Entropic Effects." Entropy 11, no. 2: 238-248.

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