An infinite level atom coupled to a heat bath

zbMATH Open1213.81182arXiv1101.2508MaRDI QIDQ532783FDOQ532783

Authors: Martin Könenberg 

Publication date: 5 May 2011

Published in: Documenta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a $W^{*}$-dynamical system $(Mg,aug)$, which models finitely many particles coupled to an infinitely extended heat bath. The energy of the particles can be described by an unbounded operator, which has infinitely many energy levels. We show existence of the dynamics $aug$ and existence of a $$ -KMS state under very explicit conditions on the strength of the interaction and on the inverse temperature $$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.2508

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zbMATH Keywords

open quantum systemthermal equilibrium\(W^*\)-dynamical systemKMS-state

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of operator theory in the physical sciences (47N50) Thermal quantum field theory (81T28) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60)

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