Quantum-Thermal Fluctuations of Effective Macroparameters and Their Correlations

Abstract

The application of the conventional theory of macroparameter fluctuations has been shown to go beyond the framework of the thermodynamic description in a number of cases. The principles of the theory of quantum-thermal fluctuations of effectivemacroparameters and their correlations have been formulated. The theory satisfies the applicability conditions of equilibriumthermodynamics and is based on effective macroparameters, which take the integral stochastic action of the environment into account at any temperatures. The correlator of conjugate macroparameters, namely, the effective entropy and the effective temperature, has been calculated. The correlator was found to be proportional to the effective action which characterizes the stochastic environment. The pair correlators for the conjugate effective parameters "entropy–temperature" and "coordinate–momentum" have been demonstrated to depend linearly on the effective action, with their minimum values being determined by Planck's constant.