Single-particle machine for quantum thermalization

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Liao, Jie Qiao ^a   Dong, H ^a   Sun, C P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; CAVITY FIELD; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC PROCESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC CAVITY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; INITIAL STATE; MICROMASERS; SINGLE PARTICLE; SUPERCONDUCTING CIRCUIT; TEMPERATURE INFORMATION; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS; THERMALIZATION; TIME ACCUMULATION; TWO-LEVEL ATOM;

THERMODYNAMICS; WATER INJECTION;

ATOMS;

EID: 77953199526     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.052121     Document Type: Article

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