The second law of Thermodynamics as a theorem in quantum mechanics
| dc.creator | Tasaki, Hal | |
| dc.date | 2000-11-20 | |
| dc.date | 2000-12-19 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:39:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:39:23Z | |
| dc.description | We treat a quantum mechanical system with certain general properties which are expected to be common in macroscopic quantum systems. Starting from a PURE initial state (which may not describe an equilibrium) in which energy is mildly concentrated at a single value, we consider a time evolution determined by a time-dependent Hamiltonian as a model of an adiabatic operation in thermodynamics. We take a family of operations with the same procedure and various ``waiting times.'' Then the Minimum Work Principle is rigorously proved for almost all choices of the waiting time. | |
| dc.description | 8 pages, LaTeX, new references added in the revised version | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0011321 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0011321 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/17040 | |
| dc.subject | Statistical Mechanics | |
| dc.title | The second law of Thermodynamics as a theorem in quantum mechanics | |
| dc.type | text |