Fractional entropy decay and the third law of thermodynamics

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2014 Aug;90(2):022126. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.022126. Epub 2014 Aug 21.

Abstract

We report in this paper a theoretical study on the quantum thermodynamic properties of a fractional damping system. Through the analysis, few nontrivial characteristics are revealed, which include (1) a fractional power-law decay entropy function, which provides an evidence for the validity of the third law of thermodynamics in the quantum dissipative region and (2) the varying of the entropy from a nonlinear divergent function to a semilinear decay function with a fractional exponent as the temperature approaches absolute zero.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Motion
  • Quantum Theory*
  • Thermodynamics*