A5.1 The microscopic-balance equations 267
where the integration extends over the volume of the system. Using the results from
(A5.1.41), we obtain
R
E
= T
dr
∂s
∂t
+∇· (sv)
= T
dr ∇ ·
v
EQ
V
−1
(A5.1.44)
where
EQ
= ln Q
l
−β PV. The RHS, which is expressed as a volume integral of the diver-
gence, can be reduced to a surface integral, which is assumed to vanish when the system is
not externally perturbed. Note that, for the equilibrium limit, f
l
(
N
) becomes the grand-
canonical distribution and the corresponding partition function satisfies β PV = ln Q
l
(see
eqn. (1.2.40)), making
EQ
= 0 identically zero. Therefore, we have for reversible dynam-
ics that the entropy density satisfies the continuity equation
∂s
∂t
+∇· (sv) = 0 (A5.1.45)
with current sv. The net production of entropy of the isolated system with reversible
dynamics is equal to zero. In the present situation we have completely reversible dynamics
within the local-equilibrium approximation starting from the microscopic-level description
in terms of Newton’s equations.
Dissipative effects
The dissipative effects due to the irreversible transport in the fluid are included in the
dynamical equations in a phenomenological manner. To infer about the form of the dissi-
pative terms, we extend the currents in the equations for the dynamics. Let us first define
the total current as a sum of reversible and irreversible parts, denoted by superscripts R and
D, respectively:
σ
ij
= Pδ
ij
+ ρv
i
v
j
+ σ
D
ij
≡ σ
R
ij
+ σ
D
ij
, (A5.1.46)
j
e
=
+ρ
v
2
2
+ P
v + j
D
e
≡ j
R
e
+ j
D
e
. (A5.1.47)
There is no dissipative part in the mass current g, which is itself a conserved quantity.
The continuity equation remains unaltered at the coarse-grained level. The corresponding
equations of motion for the coarse-grained or averaged densities ˆa(r, t) are given by
∂ρ
∂t
+∇· g = 0, (A5.1.48)
∂g
i
∂t
+
j
∇
j
σ
ij
= 0, (A5.1.49)
∂e
∂t
+∇· j
e
= 0. (A5.1.50)