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AIP conference proceedings

Thermal Contact in Quantum Systems

A. Iwaya

Published Jan 1, 2004• 0 citations
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Abstract

We propose a theory which establishes a consistency between thermodynamics and quantum pure states. In the theory, thermodynamical entropy is defined in terms of parameter that characterizes quantum pure states.
DOI
10.1063/1.1764289

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