Ten reasons why a thermalized system cannot be described by a many-particle wave function

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.04.001zbMath1364.82021arXiv1509.07275OpenAlexW2289354701MaRDI QIDQ2358034

Barbara Drossel

Publication date: 20 June 2017

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.07275

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Stochastic methods applied to problems in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B31) Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82B35) Physics (00A79) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22) Thermal quantum field theory (81T28)

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