On microstates counting in many body polymer quantum systems

Journal Article · Fri Oct 14 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3647530· OSTI ID:21611885

Chacon-Acosta, Guillermo; Morales-Tecotl, Hugo A ^[1]; Dagdug, Leonardo ^[2]

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1. Departamento de Fisica, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico D. F. 09340 (Mexico)
2. Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Division of Computational Bioscience, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 (United States)

Polymer quantum systems are mechanical models quantized in a similar way as loop quantum gravity but in which loops/graphs resembling polymers are replaced by discrete sets of points. Such systems have allowed to study in a simpler context some novel aspects of loop quantum gravity. Although thermal aspects play a crucial role in cosmology and black hole physics little attention has been given to the thermostatistics of many body polymer quantum systems. In this work we explore how the features of a one-dimensional effective polymer gas, affect its microstate counting and hence the corresponding thermodynamical quantities.

• OSTI ID: 21611885
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1396, Issue 1; Conference: 8. workshop of the gravitation and mathematical physics division of the Mexican Physical Society, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas (Mexico), 22-26 Nov 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3647530; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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