Emergence of thermodynamic behavior within composite quantum systems

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 53-65

  Mahler, Günter ^a   Gemmer, Jochen ^b   Michel, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decoherence; Nonequilibrium and irreversible thermodynamics; Quantum statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMODYNAMICS;

DECOHERENCE; NONEQUILIBRIUM AND IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS; QUANTUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS; QUANTUM SYSTEMS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 25644432656     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2005.05.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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