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Mechanical Proof of the Second Law of Thermodynamics Based on Volume Entropy [PDF]
, 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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On Schrödingerist Quantum Thermodynamics
, 2022 From the point of view of Schrödingerism, a wavefunction-only philosophy, thermodynamics must be recast in terms of an ensemble of wavefunctions, rather than classical particle configurations or "found" values of Copenaghen Quantum Mechanics. Recapitulating the historical sequence, we consider here several models of magnets that classically can exhibit
de Carlo, Leonardo, Wick, William
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Verification of Information Thermodynamics in a Trapped Ion System
Entropy, 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
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Thermodynamics as Control Theory [PDF]
, 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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Quantum thermodynamics of general quantum processes [PDF]
Physical Review E, 2015 Accurately describing work extraction from a quantum system is a central objective for the extension of thermodynamics to individual quantum systems. The concepts of work and heat are surprisingly subtle when generalizations are made to arbitrary quantum states.
Binder, Felix C. +3 more
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Gaussian work extraction from random Gaussian states is nearly impossible
Physical 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
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Probabilistically violating the first law of thermodynamics in a quantum heat engine
SciPost 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
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Non-destructively probing the thermodynamics of quantum systems with qumodes [PDF]
, 2023 Quantum systems are by their very nature fragile. The fundamental backaction on a state due to quantum measurement notwithstanding, there is also in practice often a destruction of the system itself due to the means of measurement.
Liu, Nana +8 more
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Thermodynamics of an Incommensurate Quantum Crystal [PDF]
Science, 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
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, 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
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