%0 Journal Article
%T A Review of Recent Trends in Quantum Thermodynamics and a System¡¯s Behavioural Analysis of the Universe Originating as a Quantum Energy System
%A Stephen J. Palmer
%J Journal of Modern Physics
%P 60-71
%@ 2153-120X
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jmp.2023.141004
%X This paper combines a review of recent advances in quantum thermodynamics, including work on objective collapse (Zurek¡¯s quantum Darwinism) and quantum gravity (Verlinde¡¯s quantum gravity explanation), with a redefinition of entropy generation as systems¡¯ <em>change process</em>. These concepts are used as systems¡¯ behaviour analysis tools to allow us to revisit Hartle and Hawking¡¯s 1983 quantum universe and develop a hypothesis for how physically a universe starting in a quantum state could evolve into our current universe, based on systems analysis. The outcome of this analysis raises a question: do we already have the elements of a ¡°theory of everything¡± hiding in plain sight within recent advances in quantum thermodynamics?
%K Exergy
%K Entropy
%K Quantum Thermodynamics
%K Systems Behavioural Analysis
%K Quantum Universe
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=122491