Fisher information, Wehrl entropy, and Landau diamagnetism

Using information theoretic quantities like the Wehrl entropy and Fisher's information measure we study the thermodynamics of the problem leading to Landau's diamagnetism, namely, a free spinless electron in a uniform magnetic field. It is shown that such a problem can be "translated&...

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Autores: Curilef, S., Pennini, Flavia, Plastino, Ángel Luis
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Argentina
Recursos:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/125890
Acesso em linha:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125890
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Ciencias Exactas
Física
Wehrl entropy
Fisher’s information measure
Thermodynamics
Landau’s diamagnetism
Fisher-uncertainty relation
Descrição
Resumo:Using information theoretic quantities like the Wehrl entropy and Fisher's information measure we study the thermodynamics of the problem leading to Landau's diamagnetism, namely, a free spinless electron in a uniform magnetic field. It is shown that such a problem can be "translated" into that of the thermal harmonic oscillator. We discover a new Fisher-uncertainty relation, derived via the Cramer-Rao inequality, that involves phase space localization and energy fluctuations.