LEADER 04442nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910143093403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613559708 010 $a9781280381799 010 $a1280381795 010 $a9783540705109 010 $a3540705104 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 $a20091025d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aQuantum thermodynamics $eemergence of thermodynamic behavior within composite quantum systems /$fJ. Gemmer, M. Michel, G. Mahler 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cSpringer$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (XIV, 346 p. 88 illus.) 225 1 $aLecture notes in physics,$x0075-8450 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9783540705093 311 08$a3540705090 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. 606 $aQuantum theory 606 $aThermodynamics 615 0$aQuantum theory. 615 0$aThermodynamics. 676 $a530.12 700 $aGemmer$b J$0497283 701 $aMahler$b Gunter$061605 701 $aMichel$b M$g(Mathias),$f1975-$01754890 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910143093403321 996 $aQuantum thermodynamics$94191401 997 $aUNINA