2013/11/12 by P. Fernandez de Cordoba, Pedro Fernández de Córdoba, de Cordoba, P. Fernandez +7
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #FOS: Physical sciences #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Quantum many-body systems #math-ph #math.MP #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1311.2787
14 pages; refs. updated
openalex publication_date 2013/11/12 · arxiv created 2013/11/20 · arxiv updated 2013/11/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We elaborate on the existing notion that quantum mechanics is an emergent phenomenon, by presenting a thermodynamical theory that is dual to quantum mechanics. This dual theory is that of classical irreversible thermodynamics. The linear regime of irreversibility considered here corresponds to the semiclassical approximation in quantum mechanics. An important issue we address is how the irreversibility of time evolution in thermodynamics is mapped onto the quantum-mechanical side of the correspondence.