The basis of the Second Law of thermodynamics in quantum field theory

Annals of Physics

Volumn 327, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1825-1851

  Snoke, D W ^a   Liu, Gangqing ^a   Girvin, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bose condensation; Dephasing; Equilibration; Non equilibrium thermodynamics; Quantum Boltzmann equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862806795     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: 1096035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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