Quantum Thermodynamics: Emergence of Thermodynamic Behavior Within Composite Quantum Systems - Couverture rigide

Mahler, Gunter; Michel, M; Gemmer, Jochen

 
9783540229117: Quantum Thermodynamics: Emergence of Thermodynamic Behavior Within Composite Quantum Systems
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3540229116 ISBN 13 : 9783540229117
Editeur : Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 2004

Synopsis

This extended tutorial essay views thermodynamics as an incomplete description of quantum systems with many degrees of freedom. The main goal is to show that the approach to equilibrium - with equilibrium characterized by maximum ignorance about the open system of interest - neither requires that many particles nor is it a precise way of partitioning relevant for the salient features of equilibrium and equilibration. Moreover, it is indeed quantum effects that are at work in bringing about universal thermodynamic behaviour of modestly sized open systems. Von Neumann's concept of entropy thus proves to be much more widely useful than something to be feared, and far beyond truly macroscopic systems in equilibrium.

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Éditeur
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3540229116
ISBN 13 
9783540229117
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
309
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