THERMODYNAMICS AND QUANTUM-FIELD THEORY

被引:13
作者
HARDMAN, I
UMEZAWA, H
YAMANAKA, Y
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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10.1016/0375-9601(90)90957-P
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We describe the thermal change of a quantum field system using thermo field dynamics, an operator quantum theory. With this it is straightforward to discuss the change in thermal energy which we relate to thermodynamics. The fundamental concept is that it is necessary to recognize two sources of time dependence, one for the Heisenberg operators and one for the Heisenberg states; this is a radical departure from conventional quantum field theory and one that should find many applications. © 1990.
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页码:293 / 298
页数:6
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