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Equilibrium state and free energy of an infinite mode dicke maser model

✍ Scribed by M Fannes; P.N.M Sisson; A Verbeure; J.C Wolfe

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1976
Tongue: English
Weight: 470 KB
Volume: 98
Category: Article
ISSN: 0003-4916
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4916(76)90236-0

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✦ Synopsis

For an infinite mode Dicke maser model, we show that the infimum of the free energy over a class of translation-invariant product states is attained for a quasi-free state. Furthermore, the thermodynamic limit of the free energy is proved to exist and equals the quasi-free solution.

* Aspirant NFWO, Belgium. t Derde Cyclus Fellow, K.U.L. Belgium.