Local emergence of thermal correlations in an isolated quantum many-body system

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 640-643

  Langen, T ^a   Geiger, R ^a   Kuhnert, M ^a   Rauer, B ^a   Schmiedmayer, J ^a  

^a TU WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM OPTICS;

FINITE SPEED; GENERIC FRAMEWORKS; PHASE COHERENCE; QUANTUM MANY-BODY SYSTEMS; QUANTUM PHYSICS; QUANTUM SYSTEM; STEADY STATE; THERMAL CORRELATIONS;

STATISTICAL PHYSICS;

EID: 84885418874     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2739     Document Type: Article

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