Stars and steam engines: To what extent do thermodynamics and statistical mechanics apply to self-gravitating systems?
Foundational puzzles surround (Newtonian) gravitational thermal physics—a realm in which stars are treated as akin to molecules in a gas. Whether such an enterprise is successful and the domain of thermal physics extends beyond our terrestrial sphere is disputed. There are successes (such as the col...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 196; no. 5; pp. 1783 - 1809 |
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Springer Nature
May2019
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