Quantum thermodynamics: emergence of thermodynamic behavior within composite quantum systems
J. Gemmer, M. Michel, G. Mahler (auth.)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.
Κατηγορίες:
Έτος:
2004
Έκδοση:
1st ed
Εκδότης:
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Γλώσσα:
english
Σελίδες:
286
ISBN 10:
3540229116
ISBN 13:
9783540229117
Σειρές:
Lecture notes in physics 657
Αρχείο:
PDF, 1.81 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2004
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