Power functional theory for Newtonian many-body dynamics.

@article{Schmidt2018PowerFT,
  title={Power functional theory for Newtonian many-body dynamics.},
  author={Matthias Schmidt},
  journal={The Journal of chemical physics},
  year={2018},
  volume={148 4},
  pages={
          044502
        }
}
  • M. Schmidt
  • Published 23 January 2018
  • Physics, Mathematics
  • The Journal of chemical physics
We construct a variational theory for the inertial dynamics of classical many-body systems out of equilibrium. The governing (power rate) functional depends on three time- and space-dependent one-body distributions, namely, the density, the particle current, and the time derivative of the particle current. The functional is minimized by the true time derivative of the current. Together with the continuity equation, the corresponding Euler-Lagrange equation uniquely determines the time evolution… 
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