Quantum Decoherence and the Approach to Equilibrium.

Discusses a proposal to recover thermodynamics on a purely dynamical basis, using the quantum theory of the collapse of the wave function. Alternative way to explain thermodynamics within no-collapse interpretations of quantum mechanics; Approach relying on the standard quantum mechanical models of...

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Published in:Philosophy of Science Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 330 - 359
Main Authors: Hemmo, Meir, Shenker, Orly
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press Apr2003
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