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arXiv:math/0409601 · Reviews in Mathematical Physics

EQUILIBRIUM STATES AND THEIR ENTROPY DENSITIES IN GAUGE-INVARIANT C*-SYSTEMS

Nobuyuki AKIHO, Fumio Hiai, Dėnes Petz

Published May 1, 2005• 3 citations
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Abstract

A gauge-invariant C*-system is obtained as the fixed point subalgebra of the infinite tensor product of full matrix algebras under the tensor product unitary action of a compact group. In this paper, thermodynamics is studied in such systems and the chemical potential theory developed by Araki, Haag, Kastler and Takesaki is used. As a generalization of quantum spin system, the equivalence of the KMS condition, the Gibbs condition and the variational principle is shown for translation-invariant states. The entropy density of extremal equilibrium states is also investigated in relation to macroscopic uniformity.

DOI
10.1142/s0129055x05002352

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