The essential nonlinearity ofN-level quantum thermodynamics |
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| Authors: | Ralph F Simmons Jr James L Park |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Physics, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington;(2) Present address: Disc Memory Division, Hewlett Packard, Boise, Idaho |
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| Abstract: | This paper explores the possibility that linear dynamical maps might be used to describe the energy-conserving, entropy-increasing motions which occur in closed thermodynamic systems as they approach canonical thermal equilibrium. ForN-level quantum systems withN>2, we prove that no such maps exist which are independent of the initial state. |
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