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We consider two statistically independent systems described by the same entropy belonging to the two-parameter family of Sharma-Mittal. Assuming a weak interaction among the systems, allowing in this way an exchange of heat and work, we…
We investigate a quasi-adiabatic thermal process for preparing finite-temperature ensembles in the thermodynamic limit. The process gradually transforms a thermal ensemble of a noninteracting system into that of an interacting system of…
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We investigate an explicitly time-dependent quantum system driven by a secant-pulse external field. By solving the Schr\"{o}dinger equation exactly, we elucidate exotic properties of the system with respect to its dynamical evolution: on…
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