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Quantum Systems Could Flout Physics Law
sciencedaily.com — Scientists showed that if the energy of these systems is measured repeatedly, both systems and bath will undergo temperature increase or decrease, and this change depends only on the rate of measurement, not on the actual results of these measurements...The predicted effects may be the key to developing novel heating and cooling schemes
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- glinsvad, on 06/03/2008, -0/+1Well, thermodynamics describes statistical averages of macroscopic systems, so I'm not really surprised quantum systems needn't obey e.g. the first law...
- JigoroKano, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1Thermodynamics applies regardless of the mechanics involved. Newtonian mechanics, quantum mechanics, string theory, ... thermodynamics will forever live on. In this case, the postulates are not met. This is not strictly a quantum phenomena but an open system phenomena.
- bigpj, on 06/03/2008, -0/+1Remember that time, about 100 years ago, when Classical physics was wrong?
- JigoroKano, on 06/04/2008, -0/+3Here is the paper for those interested
http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.2178
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