QUANTUM LIMITS TO THE SECOND LAW: First International Conference on Quantum Limits to the Second Law

Daniel P. Sheehan

The Second Law of Thermodynamics (the law of increasing disorder) is fundamental to all the sciences and is considered inviolable by the general scientific community. This volume represents the first book in an emerging renaissance of second law studies. It covers the first international conference in more than 100 years - and perhaps, ever - to explore challenges to the second law's absolute status and to many unresolved foundational issues surrounding it. These collected papers represent work by more than 100 researchers from over 25 countries, many of whom are prominent in the fields of classical and quantum statistical thermodynamics. Much of the research is original and, if verified by the scientific community, could lead to paradigm shifts in physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering.

G. Mahler, Jochen Gemmer B, A. F. Otte

Ilya Prigogine, Tomio Petrosky

R D Rivarola

The XXIV International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions (XXIV ICPEAC) was held in Rosario, Argentina, on 20–26 July 2005, following ICPEAC in Santa Fe, USA, in 2001 and in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2003. This was the first ICPEAC in Latin America and the second one in the Southern Hemisphere, after ICPEAC in Brisbane, Australia, in 1991. The next ICPEAC (25th) will be held in Freiburg (Germany) in 2007.

R. Schuch

The XXIII International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions (23rd ICPEAC) was held in Stockholm, Sweden, from July 23rd to 29th, 2003, following ICPEAC in Sendai, Japan in 1999 and in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, in 2001. This was the first ICPEAC in Sweden and the second one in Scandinavia, after the 18th ICPEAC in Aarhus, Denmark in 1993. The next ICPEAC (24th) will be 2005 in Rosario, Argentina.