Quantum thermodynamics of a charged magneto-oscillator coupled to a heat bath
Creators
- 1. Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai-400005 (India)
Description
Explicit results for various quantum thermodynamic functions (QTF) of a charged magneto-oscillator coupled to a heat bath at arbitrary temperature are shown in this paper. Separate expressions for different QTF in the two limits of very low and very high temperatures are presented for three popular heat bath models: the ohmic, single-relaxation-time and black body radiation ones. The central result is that the effect of magnetic field turns out to be important at low temperatures as well as at high temperatures. It is observed that the dissipation parameter, γ, and the cyclotron frequency, ωc, affect the decaying or rising behaviour of various QTF exactly oppositely to each other at low temperatures. In the high temperature regime, the effect of γ is much more pronounced than that of ωc
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2009/05/P05002Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1088/1742-5468/2009/05/P05002;
- PII
- S1742-5468(09)14508-9;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Statistical Mechanics
- Journal Volume
- 2009
- Journal Issue
- 05
- Journal Page Range
- [25 p.]
- ISSN
- 1742-5468
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 44099305
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BLACKBODY RADIATION; CYCLOTRON FREQUENCY; HEAT SINKS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OSCILLATORS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RELAXATION TIME; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0065-0273 K; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K; TEMPERATURE RANGE 1000-4000 K; THERMODYNAMICS
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; MECHANICS; RADIATIONS; SINKS; TEMPERATURE RANGE