Quantum phase transitions without thermodynamic limits

DOI10.1098/rspa.2007.1865zbMath1139.82301arXivquant-ph/0511162OpenAlexW3100311636WikidataQ58981574 ScholiaQ58981574MaRDI QIDQ5438866

Dorje C. Brody, Daniel W. Hook, Lane P. Hughston

Publication date: 8 February 2008

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0511162

zbMATH Keywords

decoherencethermalizationquantum phase spacetopological phase transitionsmicrocanonical equilibrium

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

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