Quantum Thermodynamics Emergence of Thermodynamic Behavior Within Composite Quantum Systems /

This introductory text treats thermodynamics as an incomplete description of quantum systems with many degrees of freedom. Its main goal is to show that the approach to equilibrium<U+0014>with equilibrium characterized by maximum ignorance about the open system of interest<U+0014>neither...

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Main Authors: Gemmer, Jochen. (Author), Michel, M. (Author), Mahler, G<U+00fc>nter. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
Series:Lecture Notes in Physics, 784
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