Statistics of a free single quantum particle at a finite temperature

DOI10.1142/S0217984910024912MaRDI QIDQ3062659zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jianping Peng

Publication date 28 December 2010

Published in Modern Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.3775

zbMATH Keywords

quantum particle at a finite temperaturethermodynamics of a single quantum particle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

Abstract: We present a model to study the statistics of a single structureless quantum particle freely moving in a space at a finite temperature. It is shown that the quantum particle feels the temperature and can exchange energy with its environment in the form of heat transfer. The underlying mechanism is diffraction at the edge of the wave front of its matter wave. Expressions of energy and entropy of the particle are obtained for the irreversible process.

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