Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 2694–2697 (1995)Dynamical Ensembles in Nonequilibrium Statistical MechanicsReceived 2 November 1994; published in the issue dated 3 April 1995 Ruelle's principle for turbulence leading to what is usually called the Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen (SRB) distribution is applied to the statistical mechanics of many particle systems in nonequilibrium stationary states. A specific prediction, obtained without the need to construct explicitly the SRB itself, is shown to be in agreement with a recent computer experiment on a strongly sheared fluid. This presents the first test of the principle on a many particle system far from equilibrium. A possible application to fluid mechanics is also discussed. © 1995 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2694
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2694
PACS:
47.52.+j, 05.45.+b, 05.70.Ln, 47.70.-n
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