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Chaos and Thermalization in a Dynamical Model of Two Interacting Particles F.Borgonovi[a,b,c] , I.Guarneri[d,b,c] , F.M.Izrailev[d,e,f ] and G.Casati[d,c,g] [a]Dipartimento di Matematica, Universit`a Cattolica, via Trieste 17, 25121 Brescia, Italy [b] Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia, via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy [c]Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia, Unit`a di Milano, via Celoria 16, 20130 Milano, Italy [d] Universit´a di Milano, sede di Como, via Lucini 3, 22100, Como, Italy [e]Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia [f]Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Apdo. Postal J-48, Puebla, 72570 Mexico [g]Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria, Milano, Italy (February 5, 2008) A quantum dynamical model of two interacting spins, with chaotic and regular components, 7 is investigated using a finite two–particles symmetrized basis. Chaotic eigenstates give rise to an 9 equilibrium occupation number distribution in close agreement with the Bose–Einstein distribution 9 despite the small number of particles (n = 2). However, the corresponding temperature differs from 1 that derived from the standard Canonical Ensemble. On the other side, an acceptable agreement v with the latter is restored by artificially randomizing the model. Different definitions of temperature o are then discussed and compared . N