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Phenomenological Non-Equilibrium Quantum Thermodynamics based on Modified von Neumann Equations

Quantum Physics 2022-11-24 v1

Abstract

The wide-spread opinion is that original quantum mechanics is a reversible theory, but this statement is only true for undecomposed systems, that are those systems which sub-systems are out of consideration. Taking sub-systems into account, as it is by definition necessary for decomposed systems, the interaction Hamiltonians which are absent in undecomposed systems generate irreversibility. Thus, the following two-stage task arises: How to modify von Neumann's equation for undecomposed systems so that irreversibility appears, and how this modification affects decomposed systems ? The first step was already done and is repeated below, whereas the second step to formulate a quantum thermodynamics of decomposed systems is performed here by modifying the von Neumann equations of the sub-systems by a procedure wich is similar to that of Lindblad's equation, but different because the sub-systems interact with one another through partitions.

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@article{arxiv.2211.12558,
  title  = {Phenomenological Non-Equilibrium Quantum Thermodynamics based on Modified von Neumann Equations},
  author = {Wolfgang Muschik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.12558},
  year   = {2022}
}

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41 pages

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