QUANTUM-THERMODYNAMICAL DESCRIPTION OF DISCRETE NONEQUILIBRIUM SYSTEMS

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MUSCHIK, W
KAUFMANN, M
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[1] Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universitat Berlin, D-10623, Berlin
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10.1515/jnet.1994.19.1.76
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O414.1 [热力学];
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Compound systems consisting of discrete systems being in different contacts wit each other are investigated by introducing a limited set of relevant quantum-mechanical observables as a mesoscopic description of discrete systems. The different kinds of partitions between discrete systems are quantum-mechanically characterized. The rate of entropy in closed and work-isolated systems is positive definite, a result which is obtained by identifying parameters of the generalized canonical density operator with the contact temperature of non-equilibrium systems.
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