Geometry in Thermodynamics, 4th Edition
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Thermodynamics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 1384
Special Issue Editors
Interests: quantitative geometrical thermodynamics (QGTs); geometric entropy; maximum entropy (MaxEnt) theory; entropy production; info-entropy; thermodynamics of information; blackhole physics; dark matter; non-locality and entanglement; communications theory; quantum information; holograms and topological defects; fundamentals of quantum mechanics
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Interests: quantitative geometrical thermodynamics; metrology; spectrometry; ion beam analysis; scientific epistemology; history of ideas
* Formerly at University of Surrey Ion Beam Centre, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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Interests: maximum entropy (MaxEnt) theory; entropy production; info-entropy; thermodynamics of information; communications theory; quantum information; fundamentals of quantum mechanics; network optimisation; analogue/digital electronics; circuit simulation and realisation
Interests: riemannian approaches in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; generalized fluctuation theorems; dynamics and thermodynamics of systems with long-range interactions; astrophysics; computational physics; information theory; condensed matter; mathematical physics; complex systems; physics education
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The prominent role of entropy in dynamically shaping and organising natural structures, shapes, and processes intrinsic to the universe, as well as their temporal evolution, is now very clear. Thermodynamics is emerging as the underlying principle controlling the order and characteristic geometries frequently seen in nature, as well as determining their rate of evolution and change. Entropy production is complementary to energy: both are required to provide a comprehensive description of natural phenomena, and both are conserved in any dynamic process. Spacetime must be fully complexified (Ivo Dinov calls this “5D spacekime”) to successfully integrate energy and entropy production into a complementary and unified physical description.
It is hoped that this Special Issue will provide a forum for the latest developments to be presented in the very wide and rapidly developing subject of geometrical thermodynamics. We hope that the science of geometrical thermodynamics as applied to dissipative and non-dissipative processes will continue to provide new physical insights based on unified entropic and kinematic principles, new understandings of physical processes, and a new perspective for a more complete description of scientific reality.
Dr. Michael Parker
Dr. Chris Jeynes
Prof. Dr. Stuart Walker
Dr. Luisberis Velazquez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thermodynamic time
- complex time
- entropy production
- dissipative processes and structures
- conservation theorems
- local and non-local constraints
- thermodynamics of information
- system complexity
- Riemannian geometries
- generalised fluctuation theorems
- dynamics and thermodynamics of systems with long-range interactions
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