no code implementations • 27 Jan 2021 • Shishir Khandelwal, Nicolas Brunner, Géraldine Haack
Viewing a quantum thermal machine as a non-Hermitian quantum system, we characterize in full generality its analytical time-dependent dynamics by deriving the spectrum of its non-Hermitian Liouvillian for an arbitrary initial state.
Quantum Physics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Mathematical Physics Mathematical Physics
no code implementations • 8 Sep 2020 • Gonzalo Manzano, Rafael Sánchez, Ralph Silva, Géraldine Haack, Jonatan B. Brask, Nicolas Brunner, Patrick P. Potts
Thermal machines perform useful tasks--such as producing work, cooling, or heating--by exchanging energy, and possibly additional conserved quantities such as particles, with reservoirs.
Quantum Physics Statistical Mechanics
