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Classical and quantum irreversibility

B. B. Kadomtsev

Institute of Nuclear Fusion, Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract: Irreversibility of physical systems is discussed by considering the simplest example of a low-density gas, either in isolation or in thermal equilibrium with the walls of a container. Attention is concentrated on an analysis of a logical scheme for a theoretical description of the irreversibility.

PACS: 05.70.Ln, 89.70.+c

Received: August 31, 1995

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0165.199508e.0967

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 1995, 38:8, 923–929

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