Instability of equilibrium states for coupled heat reservoirs at different temperatures

Journal of Functional Analysis

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-120

  Merkli, M ^a   Muck M ^b   Sigal, I M ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feshbach map; Liouville operators; Non equilibrium quantum theory; Quantum dynamical systems; Spectral deformation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846227150     PISSN: 00221236     EISSN: 10960783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfa.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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