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On a heuristic point of view related to quantum nonequilibrium statistical mechanics

Quantum Physics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

In this paper I propose a new way for counting the microstates of a system out of equilibrium. As, according to quantum mechanics, things happen as if a given particle can be found in more than one state at once, I extend this concept to propose the coherent access by a particle to the available states of a system. By coherent access I mean the possibility for the particle to act as if it is populating more than one microstate at once. This hypothesis has experimental implications, since the thermodynamical probability and, as a consequence, the Bose-Einstein distribution as well as the argument of the Boltzmann factor is modified.

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@article{arxiv.0806.1947,
  title  = {On a heuristic point of view related to quantum nonequilibrium statistical mechanics},
  author = {Norton G. de Almeida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.1947},
  year   = {2009}
}

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