On reduction of the wave-packet, decoherence, irreversibility and the second law of thermodynamics (2013)
- Authors:
- Autor USP: WRESZINSKI, WALTER FELIPE - IF
- Unidade: IF
- Subjects: ENTROPIA; SISTEMA QUÂNTICO; TERMODINÂMICA
- Language: Inglês
- Abstract: We prove a quantum version of the second law of thermodynamics: the (quantum) Boltzmann entropy increases if the initial (zero time) density matrix decoheres, a condition generally satisfied in Nature. It is illustrated by a model of wave-packet reduction, the Coleman-Hepp model, along the framework introduced by Sewell (2005) in his approach to the quantum measurement problem. Further models illustrate the monotonic-versus-non-monotonic behavior of the quantum Boltzmann entropy in time. As a last closely related topic, decoherence, which was shown by Narnhofer and Thirring (1999) to enforce macroscopic purity in the case of quantum K systems, is analysed within a different class of quantum chaotic systems, viz. the quantum Anosov models as defined by Emch, Narnhofer, Sewell and Thirring (1994). A review of the concept of quantum Boltzmann entropy, as well as of some of the rigorous approaches to the quantum measurement problem within the framework of Schr¨odinger dynamics, is given, together with an overview of the C* algebra approach, which encompasses the relevant notions and definitions in a comprehensive way.
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ABNT
NARNHOFER, H e WRESZINSKI, Walter Felipe. On reduction of the wave-packet, decoherence, irreversibility and the second law of thermodynamics. . São Paulo: Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo. Disponível em: http://lanl.arxiv.org/pdf/1309.2550v3.pdf. Acesso em: 18 mar. 2026. , 2013 -
APA
Narnhofer, H., & Wreszinski, W. F. (2013). On reduction of the wave-packet, decoherence, irreversibility and the second law of thermodynamics. São Paulo: Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo. Recuperado de http://lanl.arxiv.org/pdf/1309.2550v3.pdf -
NLM
Narnhofer H, Wreszinski WF. On reduction of the wave-packet, decoherence, irreversibility and the second law of thermodynamics [Internet]. 2013 ;[citado 2026 mar. 18 ] Available from: http://lanl.arxiv.org/pdf/1309.2550v3.pdf -
Vancouver
Narnhofer H, Wreszinski WF. On reduction of the wave-packet, decoherence, irreversibility and the second law of thermodynamics [Internet]. 2013 ;[citado 2026 mar. 18 ] Available from: http://lanl.arxiv.org/pdf/1309.2550v3.pdf - A theory of quantum (statistical) measurement
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