Time scales in the approach to equilibrium of macroscopic quantum systems

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2013, Pages

  Goldstein, Sheldon ^a   Hara, Takashi ^b   Tasaki, Hal ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROACH TO EQUILIBRIUM; INITIAL STATE; MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM; PATHOLOGICAL SITUATIONS; QUANTUM SYSTEM; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TIME-SCALES;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84884996538     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.140401     Document Type: Article

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