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Record Nr.

UNINA9910479927303321

Titolo

Entropy and the quantum II : Arizona School of Analysis with Applications, March 15-19, 2010, University of Arizona / / Robert Sims, Daniel Ueltschi, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

0-8218-8231-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Contemporary mathematics ; ; 552

Disciplina

530.12

Soggetti

Quantum entropy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Quantum Heisenberg Models and their Probabilistic Representations""""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. Guide to notation""; ""2. Hilbert space, spin operators, Heisenberg Hamiltonian""; ""2.1. Graphs and Hilbert space""; ""2.2. Spin operators""; ""2.3. Hamiltonians and magnetization""; ""2.4. Gibbs states and free energy""; ""2.5. Symmetries""; ""3. Stochastic representations""; ""3.1. Poisson edge process, cycles and loops""; ""3.2. Duhamel expansion""; ""3.3. Tóth's representation of the ferromagnet""; ""3.4. Aizenman-Nachtergaele's representation of the antiferromagnet""

""4. Thermodynamic limit and phase transitions""""4.1. Thermodynamic limit""; ""4.2. Ferromagnetic phase transition""; ""4.3. Antiferromagnetic phase transition""