2 papers
cond-mat.stat-mech2026
Deriving the second law of thermodynamics and exploring its boundaries
Yu Qiao
The second law of thermodynamics still lacks a general proof applicable to both classical and quantum systems across broad ranges of time scales, interactions, and degrees of noneq…
cond-mat.stat-mech2025
Searching for quantum non-thermodynamic phenomena
Yu Qiao
Recent research on the fundamentals of statistical mechanics has led to an interesting discovery [1-3]: With locally nonchaotic barriers, as Boltzmann's H-theorem is inapplicable,…