{
  "id": "1108.1962",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2011-08-09T15:48:28.000Z",
  "updated": "2011-08-09T15:48:28.000Z",
  "title": "Violation of the zeroth law of thermodynamics for a non-ergodic interaction",
  "authors": [
    "B. Gaveau",
    "L. S. Schulman"
  ],
  "journal": "J. Stat. Phys. 145, 1458 (2011)",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "The phenomenon described by our title should surprise no one. What may be surprising though is how easy it is to produce a quantum system with this feature; moreover, that system is one that is often used for the purpose of showing how systems equilibrate. The violation can be variously manifested. In our detailed example, bringing a detuned 2-level system into contact with a monochromatic reservoir does not cause it to relax to the reservoir temperature; rather, the system acquires the reservoir's level-occupation-ratio.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2011-08-09T15:48:28.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "zeroth law",
      "non-ergodic interaction",
      "thermodynamics",
      "reservoirs level-occupation-ratio",
      "monochromatic reservoir"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1007/s10955-011-0362-0",
      "journal": "Journal of Statistical Physics",
      "year": 2011,
      "month": "Dec",
      "volume": 145,
      "number": 6,
      "pages": 1458
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2011JSP...145.1458G"
    }
  }
}