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Wed 17 Sep, at 16:00 - Seminar Room T2
Work and heat in non equilibrium quantum systems.
John Goold
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
Abstract
This talk concerns a possible route to the tangible experimental exploration of quantum thermodynamics, a subject which is the centre of much current attention due to the current control of mesoscopic quantum systems. Following a pedagogical introduction I will demonstrate that a modification of well known phase estimation protocols can be used in order to measure the work and heat distribution of a quantum process thus verifying thermodynamic fluctuation relations. In addition the tools could be used to understand the delicate relationship between energy dissipation and information processing in small quantum systems.
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