On the emergence of the microcanonical description from a pure state

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2947-2993

  Hari Dass, N D ^a   Kalyana Rama, S ^a   Sathiapalan, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Quantum statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CONCEPT FORMATION; DENSITY; DYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; GRAVITY; KINEMATICS; PURIFICATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0042368862     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X03015143     Document Type: Article

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