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View SchemaDoes the Third Law of Thermodynamics hold in the Quantum Regime?
| Authors | R. F. O'Connell |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0609159 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0609159 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10955-006-9151-6 |
| Journal | J.Stat.Phys. 124, 15 (2006) |
Abstract
The first in a long series of papers by John T. Lewis, G. W. Ford and the present author, considered the problem of the most general coupling of a quantum particle to a linear passive heat bath, in the course of which they derived an exact formula for the free energy of an oscillator coupled to a heat bath in thermal equilibrium at temperature T. This formula, and its later extension to three dimensions to incorporate a magnetic field, has proved to be invaluable in analyzing problems in quantum thermodynamics. Here, we address the question raised in our title viz. Nernst's third law of thermodynamics.
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