Quantum Thermodynamics Emergence of Thermodynamic Behavior Within Composite Quantum Systems /

• Main Authors: Gemmer, Jochen (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Michel, Mathias (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Mahler, Günter (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2004.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 657
• Subjects: Quantum physics.; Physics.; Thermodynamics.; Quantum Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

This tutorial essay views thermodynamics as an incomplete description of quantum systems with many degrees of freedom.The main goal is to show that the approach to equilibrium with equilibrium characterized by maximum ignorance about the open system of interest - does neither require that many parti...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Background
• Part II: Quantum Approach to Thermodynamics
• Applications and Models.