Abstract

Quantum statistical mechanics is the theory which gives the thermodynamic predictions from quantum mechanics. A thermal equilibrium state is conventionally described by a mixture of pure quantum state. However, a single realization of pure quantum states can also represent the thermal equilibrium. I call this pure state a thermal pure quantum state, and establish a formulation of statistical mechanics based on it.

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