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the fast relaxation of an isolated quantum system to a long-lived quasi-steady state before it reaches true thermal equilibrium.

In statistical physics, prethermalization refers to the fast relaxation of an isolated quantum system to a long-lived quasi-steady state before it reaches true thermal equilibrium. This meaning comes from Berges (2004) in Physical Review Letters.[1]

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References

Berges, J., Borsányi, S., & Wetterich, C. (2004). Prethermalization. Physical Review Letters, 93(14). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.93.142002

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