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math-ph2005
Instability of Equilibrium States for Coupled Heat Reservoirs at Different Temperatures
M. Merkli, M. Mück, I. M. Sigal
We consider quantum systems consisting of a ``small'' system coupled to two reservoirs (called open systems). We show that such a system has no equilibrium states normal with respe…
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Statistical Mechanics of Thermodynamic Processes
Jürg Fröhlich, Marco Merkli, Simon Schwarz +1
In this note we describe some results concerning non-relativistic quantum systems at positive temperature and density confined to macroscopically large regions of physical space wh…