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Quantum measurements and thermodynamics
Author(s) -
Bracken Paul
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.26037
Subject(s) - second law of thermodynamics , thermodynamics , quantum thermodynamics , entropy (arrow of time) , statistical physics , laws of thermodynamics , quantum , work (physics) , physics , theoretical physics , chemistry , non equilibrium thermodynamics , quantum mechanics
Thermodynamics was developed when it was still unclear whether the microworld had an atomic substructure. The objective here is to investigate the relationship between the process of a quantum measurement and the second law of thermodynamics. It is necessary to make the ideas of heat and work explicit in this approach. It is possible to study the correspondence between information entropy and thermodynamic entropy. Finally, a model is proposed in such a way as to resemble an experimental example for the discussion.