A quantum violation of the second law?

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Ford, G W ^a   O'Connell, R F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RELAXATION PROCESSES; THERMODYNAMICS;

OSCILLATOR ENERGY; QUANTUM VIOLATION; RELAXATION TIME;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 32644455679     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.020402     Document Type: Article

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