Prolegomena to a non-equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We suggest that the framework of quantum information theory, which has been developing rapidly in recent years due to intense activity in quantum computation and quantum communication, is a reasonable starting point to study non-equilibrium quantum statistical phenomena. As an application, we discuss the non-equilibrium quantum thermodynamics of black hole formation and evaporation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9904006,
title = {Prolegomena to a non-equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics},
author = {C. Adami and N. J. Cerf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9904006},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
20 pages, LaTeX with elsart.cls, 8 postscript figures. Special issue on quantum computation of Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals