Von Neumann's entropy does not correspond to thermodynamic entropy

被引：14

作者：

Hemmo, Meir ^{[1
]}

Shenker, Orly

机构：

[1] Univ Haifa, Dept Philosophy, IL-31905 Haifa, Israel

[2] Open Univ Israel, Dept Nat & Life Sci, IL-43107 Raanana, Israel

来源：

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE | 2006年 / 73卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1086/510816

中图分类号：

N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;

摘要：

Von Neumann argued by means of a thought experiment involving measurements of spin observables that the quantum mechanical quantity S-VN = -kTr(rho log rho) is conceptually equivalent to thermodynamic entropy. We analyze Von Neumann's thought experiment and show that his argument fails.

引用

页码：153 / 174

页数：22

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