Temperature Dependent Motion of a Massive Quantum Particle
Statistical Mechanics
2013-03-20 v3
Abstract
We report model calculations of the time-dependent internal energy and entropy for a single quasi-free massive quantum particle at a constant temperature. We show that the whole process started from a fully coherent quantum state to thermodynamic equilibrium can be understood, based on statistics of diffracted matter waves. As a result of thermal interaction between the particle and its surroundings, the motion of the particle shows new feature.
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@article{arxiv.1105.1220,
title = {Temperature Dependent Motion of a Massive Quantum Particle},
author = {Jian-Ping Peng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.1220},
year = {2013}
}
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