Thermalization and its mechanism for generic isolated quantum systems

Nature

Volumn 452, Issue 7189, 2008, Pages 854-858

  Rigol, Marcos ^a,b   Dunjko, Vanja ^a,b   Olshanii, Maxim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUE; EQUILIBRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 42249112261     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06838     Document Type: Article

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