Published May 2002
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Journal article
Dimensional enhancement of kinetic energies
Creators
- 1. Abteilung fuer Quantenphysik, Universitaet Ulm, D-89069 Ulm (Germany)
- 2. Chemical Physics, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DTU 207, DK-2800 Lyngby (Denmark)
Description
Simple thermodynamics considers kinetic energy to be an extensive variable which is proportional to the number N of particles. We present a quantum state of N noninteracting particles for which the kinetic energy increases quadratically with N. This enhancement effect is tied to the quantum centrifugal potential whose strength is quadratic in the number of dimensions of configuration space
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.052109;
- arXiv
- arXiv:quant-ph/0203063v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 65
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 052109-052109.6
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36030393
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ENERGY LEVELS; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIALS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPACE; THERMODYNAMICS; WAVE FUNCTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ENERGY; FUNCTIONS; MECHANICS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2002 The American Physical Society