Status of the Fundamental Laws of Thermodynamics
Mathematical Physics
2007-05-23 v3 math.MP
Abstract
We describe recent progress towards deriving the Fundamental Laws of thermodynamics (the 0th, 1st and 2nd Law) from nonequilibrium quantum statistical mechanics in simple, yet physically relevant models. Along the way, we clarify some basic thermodynamic notions and discuss various reversible and irreversible thermodynamic processes from the point of view of quantum statistical mechanics.
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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0604067,
title = {Status of the Fundamental Laws of Thermodynamics},
author = {Walid K. Abou Salem and Juerg Froehlich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0604067},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
23 pages. Some references updated. To appear in J. Stat. Phys