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We study the quantum Zeno effect in quantum statistical mechanics within the operator algebraic framework. We formulate a condition for the appearance of the effect in W*-dynamical systems, in terms of the short-time behaviour of the dynamics. Examples of quantum spin systems show that this condition can be effectively applied to quantum statistical mechanical models. Furthermore, we derive an explicit form of the Zeno generator, and use it to construct Gibbs equilibrium states for the Zeno dynamics. As a concrete example, we consider the X-Y model, for which we show that a frequent measurement at a microscopic level, e.g. a single lattice site, can produce a macroscopic effect in changing the global equilibrium. PACS - Klassifikation: 03.65.Xp, 05.30.-d, 02.30. See the corresponding papers: Schmidt, Andreas U.: "Zeno Dynamics of von Neumann Algebras" and "Mathematics of the Quantum Zeno Effect" and the talk "Zeno Dynamics in Quantum Statistical Mechanics" - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/volltexte/2005/1167/
Presentation at the AMS Southeastern Sectional Meeting 14-16 March 2003, and the Workshop Asymptotic Analysis, Stability, and Generalized Functions', 17-19 March 2003, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. See the corresponding papers "Mathematical Problems of Gauge Quantum Field Theory: A Survey of the Schwinger Model" and "Infinite Infrared Regularization and a State Space for the Heisenberg Algebra".