Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics Based on the Distributions Containing Lifetime as a Thermodynamic Parameter

Figure 1

The shape of the potential of a system 𝑈(𝑦) in the potential well model. The point 𝑦=𝑎 is the potential well minimum; the barrier in the point point 𝑦=𝑏 separates the potential well from the zero minimum of 𝑦.