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In this paper the thermal energy diffusion for quantum particles is described. The quantum heat transport equation is obtained. It is shown that, for a short-time thermal excitation (of the order of the relaxation time), the excited matter response is quantized on the different levels (atomic, nuclear, quark) with quantum thermal energy equalE atomic ∼9 eV,E nuclear ∼7 MeV, andE quark ∼139 MeV.
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Marciak-Kozlowska, J., Kozlowski, M. Discretization of the thermal excitation in highly excited matter. Found Phys Lett 9, 235–245 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186406
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186406