Quantum phase transitions without thermodynamic limits

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 463, Issue 2084, 2007, Pages 2021-2030

  Brody, Dorje C ^a   Hook, Daniel W ^a   Hughston, Lane P ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decoherence; Microcanonical equilibrium; Quantum phase space; Thermalization; Topological phase transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348988579     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2007.1865     Document Type: Article

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