On the approach to thermal equilibrium of macroscopic quantum systems

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1332, Issue , 2011, Pages 155-163

  Goldstein, Sheldon ^a   Tumulka, Roderich ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

approach to thermal equilibrium; micro canonical energy shell; quantum statistical mechanics; thermalization of closed macroscopic quantum systems; typical Hamiltonian; typical long time behavior of quantum systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955055047     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3577619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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