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This 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.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Physics Thermodynamics & heat

• Full title: Quantum Thermodynamics
• Subtitle: Emergence of Thermodynamic Behavior Within Composite Quantum Systems
• Author: Jochen Gemmer, M. Michel, G. Mahler
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 346
• EAN: 9783540705093
• ISBN: 3540705090
• ID: 01568043
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 678 g
• Dimensions: 240 × 163 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. February 2009

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