arXiv:hep-th/9606019

Algebra of Conserved Generators and Statistical Ensembles in Generalized Quantum Dynamics

Stephen L. Adler, Lawrence Paul Horwitz

Published Jun 4, 1996• 0 citations

Abstract

We study here the algebraic structure of the conserved generators from which the microcanonical and canonical ensembles are constructed on an underlying generalized quantum dynamics, and the flows they induce on the phase space. We also discuss briefly the structure of the microcanonical and canonical ensembles.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9606019

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