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Status of the Fundamental Laws of Thermodynamics

Salem, Walid ; Fröhlich, Jürg

In: Journal of Statistical Physics, 2007, vol. 126, no. 4-5, p. 1045-1068

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    Title
    • Status of the Fundamental Laws of Thermodynamics
    Author
    • Salem, Walid. Institute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zurich, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Fröhlich, Jürg. Institute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zurich, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Language
    • English
    Published in
    • Journal of Statistical Physics, 2007, vol. 126, no. 4-5, p. 1045-1068. Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com
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    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:319600
    Summary
    We describe recent progress towards deriving the Fundamental Laws of thermodynamics (the 0th, 1st, and 2nd Law) from nonequilibrium quantum statistical mechanics in simple, yet physically relevant models. Along the way, we clarify some basic thermodynamic notions and discuss various reversible and irreversible thermodynamic processes from the point of view of quantum statistical mechanics