Quantum crystals are at odds with the laws of thermodynamics
Abstract
Experimental data and the principles of quantum mechanics suggest that a crystal is a condensate of `wavicles' enclosed in a box, where `wavicle' denotes the indefinite wave-particle status of the microscopic constituents. When it is not perturbed the crystal is in a classical-like state. The wavefunction, the internal energy and the entropy are all of them equal to zero. The thermodynamic temperature is indefinite. Perturbations via energy- and/or momentum-transfer reveal quantum effects. The temperature laws for the heat capacities of some hydrogen-bonded crystals are rationalized with superposition states depending on the quantum temperature which is crystal-dependent. Heat-transfer is a coherent anentropic process. Apart from energy conservation, the other laws of thermodynamics are irrelevant.
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@article{arxiv.1811.09983,
title = {Quantum crystals are at odds with the laws of thermodynamics},
author = {François Fillaux},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.09983},
year = {2019}
}
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6 pages