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A short story of quantum and information thermodynamics
by Alexia Auffèves
Submission summary
| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Alexia Auffèves |
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| Preprint Link: | scipost_202103_00014v1 (pdf) |
| Date accepted: | March 17, 2021 |
| Date submitted: | March 12, 2021, 2:14 p.m. |
| Submitted by: | Alexia Auffèves |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics Lecture Notes |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approach: | Theoretical |
Abstract
This Colloquium is a fast journey through the build-up of key thermodynamical concepts, i.e. work, heat and irreversibility -- and how they relate to information. Born at the time of industrial revolution to optimize the exploitation of thermal resources, these concepts have been adapted to small systems where thermal fluctuations are predominant. Extending the framework to quantum fluctuations is a great challenge of quantum thermodynamics, that opens exciting research lines e.g. measurement fueled engines or thermodynamics of driven-dissipative systems. On a more applied side, it provides the tools to optimize the energetic consumption of future quantum computers.
Author comments upon resubmission
List of changes
I have added the references [2], [3], [4], [10], [11], [18].
Published as SciPost Phys. Lect. Notes 27 (2021)