Fourier's Law confirmed for a class of small quantum systems

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-330

  Michel, M ^a   Hartmann, M ^a   Gemmer, J ^a   Mahler, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HEAT CONDUCTION;

ENERGY TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; FOURIER'S LAW; LINDBLAD FORMALISM; SMALL QUANTUM SYSTEMS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 1642382208     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2003-00228-x     Document Type: Article

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