Violation of the zeroth law of thermodynamics for a non-ergodic interaction

DOI10.1007/S10955-011-0362-0zbMATH Open1242.82028arXiv1108.1962OpenAlexW3104762839MaRDI QIDQ658505FDOQ658505

Authors: Bernard Gaveau, Lawrence S. Schulman 

Publication date: 12 January 2012

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The phenomenon described by our title should surprise no one. What may be surprising though is how easy it is to produce a quantum system with this feature; moreover, that system is one that is often used for the purpose of showing how systems equilibrate. The violation can be variously manifested. In our detailed example, bringing a detuned 2-level system into contact with a monochromatic reservoir does not cause it to relax to the reservoir temperature; rather, the system acquires the reservoir's level-occupation-ratio.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.1962

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum statistical mechanicsthermal (dis)equilibriumzeroth law of thermodynamics, non-equilibrium stationary state

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Exactly solvable dynamic models in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C23)

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• Effective thermodynamics of strongly coupled qubits
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