Violation of the second law of thermodynamics in the quantum microworld

DOI10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00345-9zbMath0972.82068OpenAlexW2050502672MaRDI QIDQ1594617

R. Smith

Publication date: 6 February 2001

Published in: Physica A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-4371(00)00345-9

zbMATH Keywords

kinetic theoryopen quantum systemsscaling procedure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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