Derivation and improvements of the quantum canonical ensemble from a regularized microcanonical ensemble

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/32/2/005MaRDI QIDQ3836154zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Lukkarinen

Publication date 6 December 1999

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9809102

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

Abstract: We develop a regularization of the quantum microcanonical ensemble, called a Gaussian ensemble, which can be used for derivation of the canonical ensemble from microcanonical principles. The derivation differs from the usual methods by giving an explanation for the, at the first sight unreasonable, effectiveness of the canonical ensemble when applied to certain small, isolated, systems. This method also allows a direct identification between the parameters of the microcanonical and the canonical ensemble and it yields simple indicators and rigorous bounds for the effectiveness of the approximation. Finally, we derive an asymptotic expansion of the microcanonical corrections to the canonical ensemble for those systems, which are near, but not quite, at the thermodynamical limit and show how and why the canonical ensemble can be applied also for systems with exponentially increasing density of states. The aim throughout the paper is to keep mathematical rigour intact while attempting to produce results both physically and practically interesting.

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