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The status of the intensive variables like temperature or pressure needs further exploration; two interrelated questions are addressed in this chapter: First we investigate under what conditions temperature can be defined locally. We then discuss basic procedures by which pressure and temperature, though not observables by themselves, could be inferred from Experiment.
“Temperature fluctuation” is an oxymoron because the consistent and consensual definition of temperature admits no fluctuation.
— Ch. Kittel [1]
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Gemmer, J., Michel, M., Mahler, G. (2009). Observability of Intensive Variables. In: Quantum Thermodynamics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 784. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70510-9_23
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