Quantum Thermodynamics Emergence of Thermodynamic Behavior Within Composite Quantum Systems /

• Main Authors: Gemmer, Jochen (Author), Michel, M. (Author), Mahler, Günter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 784
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum physics.; Thermodynamics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Quantum Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

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—with equilibrium characterized by maximum ignorance about the open system of interest—neither requires that many partic...