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Statistical Mechanics Derived From Quantum Mechanics

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arxiv 1501.05402 v2 pith:CVYLYYJD submitted 2015-01-22 hep-th quant-ph

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keywords quantummechanicsboltzmannentropystatisticalsystemsystemsbesides
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A pedagogical derivation of statistical mechanics from quantum mechanics is provided, by means of open quantum systems. Besides, a new definition of Boltzmann entropy for a quantum closed system is also given to count microstates in a way consistent with the superposition principle. In particular, this new Boltzmann entropy is a constant that depends only on the dimension of the system's relevant Hilbert subspace. Finally, thermodynamics for quantum systems is investigated formally.

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