A generalized quantum microcanonical ensemble

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn , Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Naudts, Jan ^a   Van Der Straeten, Erik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Quantum phase transitions (theory); Rigorous results in statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 42749106032     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2006/06/P06015     Document Type: Article

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