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Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Quantum mechanical model of a plasma system: a challenge to the second law of thermodynamics

Vladislav Čápek, Daniel P. Sheehan

Published Feb 1, 2002• 21 citations
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10.1016/s0378-4371(01)00570-2

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