Entanglement versus Stosszahlansatz: Disappearance of the thermodynamic arrow in a high-correlation environment

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Partovi, M Hossein ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; DILUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HIGH-CORRELATION ENVIRONMENT; MACROSCOPIC SYSTEMS;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 40549102786     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.021110     Document Type: Article

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