Microstate continuum
A microstate continuum is the fluctuation spectrum of a thermodynamic system in the classical limit of high temperatures. Classical here is to be understood in opposition to quantum statistical mechanics.
See also
- degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)
- ergodic hypothesis
- microstate (statistical mechanics)
- phase space
- Quantum statistical mechanics
- statistical mechanics
- statistical ensemble
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