Status of the Fundamental Laws of Thermodynamics
Walid K. Abou Salem, Juerg Froehlich (ETH Zurich)
TL;DR
This paper reviews recent advances in deriving the fundamental thermodynamic laws from nonequilibrium quantum statistical mechanics, clarifying thermodynamic concepts and analyzing reversible and irreversible processes in simple models.
Contribution
It presents new insights into deriving the 0th, 1st, and 2nd Laws of thermodynamics from quantum statistical mechanics in simple models.
Findings
Progress in deriving thermodynamic laws from quantum models
Clarification of thermodynamic notions in quantum context
Analysis of reversible and irreversible processes
Abstract
We describe recent progress towards deriving the Fundamental Laws of thermodynamics (the 0th, 1st and 2nd Law) from nonequilibrium quantum statistical mechanics in simple, yet physically relevant models. Along the way, we clarify some basic thermodynamic notions and discuss various reversible and irreversible thermodynamic processes from the point of view of quantum statistical mechanics.
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Taxonomy
TopicsAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics · Quantum many-body systems · Quantum Mechanics and Applications