Quantum thermodynamics: Thermodynamics at the nanoscale

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 51-16, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2703-2711

  Allahverdyan, A E ^a,b   Balian, R ^c   Nieuwenhuizen, Th M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DAMPING; ENTROPY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HAMILTONIANS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM THEORY; THEOREM PROVING; THERMODYNAMICS;

HIGH-GRADED ENERGY; LEGGETT MODEL; QUANTUM THERMODYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMICAL LAWS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 10944235066     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340408231829     Document Type: Article

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