Time Evolution In Macroscopic Systems. I: Equations of Motion

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2003-03-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0303290v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

15 pages

Scientific paper

10.1023/B:FOOP.0000012007.06843.

Time evolution of macroscopic systems is re-examined primarily through further analysis and extension of the equation of motion for the density matrix $\rho(t)$. Because $\rho$ contains both classical and quantum-mechanical probabilities it is necessary to account for changes in both in the presence of external influences, yet standard treatments tend to neglect the former. A model of time-dependent classical probabilities is presented to illustrate the required type of extension to the conventional time-evolution equation, and it is shown that such an extension is already contained in the definition of the density matrix.

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