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Unitarity, ergodicity, and quantum thermodynamics
Dorje C. Brody, Daniel W. Hook, Lane P. Hughston
This paper is concerned with the ergodic subspaces of the state spaces of isolated quantum systems. We prove a new ergodic theorem for closed quantum systems which shows that the e…
On quantum microcanonical equilibrium
Dorje C. Brody, Daniel W. Hook, Lane P. Hughston
A quantum microcanonical postulate is proposed as a basis for the equilibrium properties of small quantum systems. Expressions for the corresponding density of states are derived,…
Microcanonical distributions for quantum systems
Dorje C Brody, Daniel W Hook, Lane P Hughston
The standard assumption for the equilibrium microcanonical state in quantum mechanics, that the system must be in one of the energy eigenstates, is weakened so as to allow superpos…