Emergence of equilibrium thermodynamic properties in quantum pure states. I. Theory

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Fresch, Barbara ^a   Moro, Giorgio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFORMATION THEORY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STATISTICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLASSICAL STATISTICAL MECHANICS; EQUILIBRIUM DISTRIBUTIONS; EQUILIBRIUM PROPERTIES; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; FOUNDATIONAL ASPECTS; INITIAL STATE; ISOLATED SYSTEMS; PURE STATE; QUANTUM DYNAMICS; QUANTUM INFORMATION THEORY; QUANTUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS; QUANTUM SYSTEM; RENAISSANCE PERIOD; SALIENT FEATURES; SINGLE QUANTUM; STATISTICAL DESCRIPTIONS; STATISTICAL ENSEMBLES; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THERMODYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 85018707461     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3455998     Document Type: Article

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