The Thermodynamic Arrow-of-time and Quantum Mechanics
I give an explanation of the thermodynamic arrow-of-time (namely entropy increases with time) within a quantum mechanical framework. This entails giving a solution to the Loschmidt paradox, i.e. showing how an irreversible macro-dynamics can arise from a reversible micro-dynamics. I argue that, in a...
Main Author: | Maccone, Lorenzo |
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Other Authors: | W. M. Keck Foundation Center for Extreme Quantum Information Theory |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Elsevier B.V.
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92300 |
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