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Non-Equilibrium Quantum Statistical Mechanics

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Book cover Current Problems in Elementary Particle and Mathematical Physics

Part of the book series: Few-Body Systems ((FEWBODY,volume 15/1976))

Abstract

Through the study of a particular model, the aim of these lectures is to indicate how the so-called “algebraic approach” can help understanding the statistical mechanics of quantum stochastic transport processes.

Lecture given at XV. Internationale Universitätswochen für Kernphysik,Schladming,Austria,February 16–27, 1976.

On leave of absence from the Depts. of Mathematics and Physics, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester,NY 14627, USA.

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  1. ZiF, Universität Bielefeld, Deutschland

    G. G. Emch

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Graz, Austria

    Paul Urban

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Emch, G.G. (1976). Non-Equilibrium Quantum Statistical Mechanics. In: Urban, P. (eds) Current Problems in Elementary Particle and Mathematical Physics. Few-Body Systems, vol 15/1976. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8462-2_4

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