Cyclic thermodynamic processes and entropy production

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 431-466

  Abou Salem, Walid K ^a   Fröhlich, Jürg ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyclic thermodynamic processes; Entropy production; Floquet theory; Quantum statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847322586     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-006-9111-1     Document Type: Article

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