We discuss the process of equilibrium’s attainment in an interacting many-fermions system linked to a heat reservoir, whose temperature <em>T</em> is subject to a short-time disturbance of total duration ...We discuss the process of equilibrium’s attainment in an interacting many-fermions system linked to a heat reservoir, whose temperature <em>T</em> is subject to a short-time disturbance of total duration 2<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><em>τ</em>.</span> In this time-interval, its temperature increases up to a maximum value , cooling off afterward (also gradually) to its original value T<sub><em>M</em></sub>. The process is described by a typical master equation that leads eventually to equilibration. We discuss how the equilibration process depends upon 1) the system’s fermion-number, 2) the fermion-fermion interaction’s strength <em>V</em>, 3) the disturbance duration <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">2<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><em>τ</em></span></span></span><em></em>, and finally 4) the maximum number of equations <em>N</em> of the master equation.展开更多
文摘We discuss the process of equilibrium’s attainment in an interacting many-fermions system linked to a heat reservoir, whose temperature <em>T</em> is subject to a short-time disturbance of total duration 2<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><em>τ</em>.</span> In this time-interval, its temperature increases up to a maximum value , cooling off afterward (also gradually) to its original value T<sub><em>M</em></sub>. The process is described by a typical master equation that leads eventually to equilibration. We discuss how the equilibration process depends upon 1) the system’s fermion-number, 2) the fermion-fermion interaction’s strength <em>V</em>, 3) the disturbance duration <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">2<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><em>τ</em></span></span></span><em></em>, and finally 4) the maximum number of equations <em>N</em> of the master equation.
