LEADER 05471nam 22007695 450 001 9910143093403321 005 20200706131020.0 010 $a1-280-38179-5 010 $a9786613559708 010 $a3-540-70510-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-540-70510-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000773199 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000319713 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11937745 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000319713 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10338307 035 $a(PQKB)10326035 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-540-70510-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3064388 035 $z(PPN)258845899 035 $a(PPN)136309518 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000773199 100 $a20100301d2009 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aQuantum Thermodynamics $eEmergence of Thermodynamic Behavior Within Composite Quantum Systems /$fby Jochen Gemmer, M. Michel, Günter Mahler 205 $a2nd ed. 2009. 210 1$aBerlin, Heidelberg :$cSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :$cImprint: Springer,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (XIV, 346 p. 88 illus.) 225 1 $aLecture Notes in Physics,$x0075-8450 ;$v784 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a3-540-70509-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aBackground -- Basics of Quantum Mechanics -- Basics of Thermodynamics and Statistics -- Brief Review of Pertinent Concepts -- Equilibrium -- The Program for the Foundation of Thermodynamics -- Outline of the Present Approach -- Dynamics and Averages in Hilbert Space -- Typicality of Observables and States -- System and Environment -- The Typical Reduced State of the System -- Entanglement, Correlations and Local Entropy -- Generic Spectra of Large Systems -- Temperature -- Pressure and Adiabatic Processes -- Quantum Mechanical and Classical State Densities -- Equilibration in Model Systems -- Non-Equilibrium -- Brief Review of Relaxation and Transport Theories -- Projection Operator Techniques and Hilbert Space Average Method -- Finite Systems as Thermostats -- Projective Approach to Dynamical Transport -- Open System Approach to Transport -- Applications and Models -- Purity and Local Entropy in Product Hilbert Space -- Observability of Intensive Variables -- Observability of Extensive Variables -- Quantum Thermodynamic Processes. 330 $aThis introductory text treats thermodynamics as an incomplete description of quantum systems with many degrees of freedom. Its main goal is to show that the approach to equilibrium?with equilibrium characterized by maximum ignorance about the open system of interest?neither requires that many particles nor is the precise way of partitioning, relevant for the salient features of equilibrium and equilibration. Furthermore, the text depicts that it is indeed quantum effects that are at work in bringing about thermodynamic behavior of modest-sized open systems, thus making Von Neumann?s concept of entropy appear much more widely useful than sometimes feared, far beyond truly macroscopic systems in equilibrium. This significantly revised and expanded second edition pays more attention to the growing number of applications, especially non-equilibrium phenomena and thermodynamic processes of the nano-domain. In addition, to improve readability and reduce unneeded technical details, a large portion of this book has been thoroughly rewritten. From the reviews of the first edition: This textbook provides a comprehensive approach, from a theoretical physics point of view, to the question of emergence of thermodynamic behavior in quantum systems... [Its] strength lies in the careful development of the relevant concepts, in particular the question how large a system needs to be to exhibit thermodynamic behavior is addressed. Luc Rey-Bellet (Amherst, MA), Mathematical Reviews 2007e. 410 0$aLecture Notes in Physics,$x0075-8450 ;$v784 606 $aQuantum physics 606 $aPhysics 606 $aThermodynamics 606 $aStatistical physics 606 $aDynamical systems 606 $aQuantum Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19080 606 $aMathematical Methods in Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19013 606 $aThermodynamics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P21050 606 $aComplex Systems$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P33000 606 $aStatistical Physics and Dynamical Systems$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19090 615 0$aQuantum physics. 615 0$aPhysics. 615 0$aThermodynamics. 615 0$aStatistical physics. 615 0$aDynamical systems. 615 14$aQuantum Physics. 615 24$aMathematical Methods in Physics. 615 24$aThermodynamics. 615 24$aComplex Systems. 615 24$aStatistical Physics and Dynamical Systems. 676 $a530.12 700 $aGemmer$b Jochen$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0497283 702 $aMichel$b M$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aMahler$b Günter$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910143093403321 996 $aQuantum Thermodynamics$92526079 997 $aUNINA