The thermodynamic limit of quantum Coulomb systems Part I. General theory

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 454-487

  Hainzl, Christian ^a   Lewin, Mathieu ^b   Solovej, Jan Philip ^c  

^a UAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Free energy; Quantum Coulomb systems; Strong subadditivity of entropy; Thermodynamic limit

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049117844     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: 10902082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aim.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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