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Thermodynamics as Control Theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
I explore the reduction of thermodynamics to statistical mechanics by treating the former as a control theory: a theory of which transitions between states can be induced on a system (assumed to obey some known underlying dynamics) by means of operations
Wallace, David, David Wallace
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Verification of Information Thermodynamics in a Trapped Ion System

open access: yesEntropy, 2022
Information thermodynamics has developed rapidly over past years, and the trapped ions, as a controllable quantum system, have demonstrated feasibility to experimentally verify the theoretical predictions in the information thermodynamics.
Lei-Lei Yan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanical Proof of the Second Law of Thermodynamics Based on Volume Entropy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In a previous work (M. Campisi. Stud. Hist. Phil. M. P. 36 (2005) 275-290) we have addressed the mechanical foundations of equilibrium thermodynamics on the basis of the Generalized Helmholtz Theorem.
Campisi, Michele
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Quantum thermodynamics under continuous monitoring: a general framework [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
The thermodynamics of quantum systems driven out of equilibrium has attracted increasing attention in last the decade, in connection with quantum information and statistical physics, and with a focus on non-classical signatures.
Manzano, Gonzalo   +3 more
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Thermodynamics of an Incommensurate Quantum Crystal [PDF]

open access: yesScience, 2005
We present a theory of the thermodynamics of an incommensurate quantum solid. The ground state of the solid is assumed to be an incommensurate crystal, with quantum zero-point vacancies and interstitials and thus a non-integer number of atoms per unit cell.
Anderson, P. W.   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Time in Thermodynamics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
It is often claimed, or hoped, that some temporal asymmetries are explained by the thermodynamic asymmetry in time. Thermodynamics, the macroscopic physics of pressure, temperature, volume, and so on, describes many temporally asymmetric processes.
Jill North, North, Jill
core   +1 more source

Gaussian work extraction from random Gaussian states is nearly impossible

open access: yesPhysical Review Research, 2023
Quantum thermodynamics can be naturally phrased as a theory of quantum state transformation and energy exchange for small-scale quantum systems undergoing thermodynamical processes, thereby making the resource theoretical approach very well suited. A key
Uttam Singh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Probabilistically violating the first law of thermodynamics in a quantum heat engine

open access: yesSciPost Physics, 2022
Fluctuations of thermodynamic observables, such as heat and work, contain relevant information on the underlying physical process. These fluctuations are however not taken into account in the traditional laws of thermodynamics. While the second law is
Timo Kerremans, Peter Samuelsson, Patrick P. Potts
doaj   +1 more source

Thermodynamics of Quantum Feedback Cooling [PDF]

open access: yesEntropy, 2016
The ability to initialize quantum registers in pure states lies at the core of many applications of quantum technologies, from sensing to quantum information processing and computation. In this paper, we tackle the problem of increasing the polarization bias of an ensemble of two-level register spins by means of joint coherent manipulations, involving ...
Liuzzo-Scorpo, Pietro   +4 more
openaire   +9 more sources

Thermodynamics of precision in quantum nanomachines [PDF]

open access: yesPhysical Review E, 2021
Fluctuations strongly affect the dynamics and functionality of nanoscale thermal machines. Recent developments in stochastic thermodynamics have shown that fluctuations in many far-from-equilibrium systems are constrained by the rate of entropy production via so-called thermodynamic uncertainty relations.
Antoine Rignon-Bret   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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