Quantum thermodynamics : an introduction to the thermodynamics of quantum information /
Introduction to the thermodynamics of quantum information.
Sebastian Deffner, Steve Campbell.
- 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).
- [IOP release 6] IOP concise physics, 2053-2571 .
- IOP (Series). Release 6. IOP concise physics. .
"Version: 20190701"--Title page verso. "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. The principles of modern thermodynamics -- 1.1. A phenomenological theory of heat and work -- 1.2. The advent of Stochastic Thermodynamics -- 1.3. Foundations of statistical physics from quantum entanglement -- 1.4. Work, heat, and entropy pr 2. Thermodynamics of quantum systems -- 2.1. Quantum thermometry -- 2.2. Quantum heat engines--engines with atomic working fluids -- 2.3. Work extraction from quantum systems -- 2.4. Quantum decoherence and the tale of quantum Darwinism -- 2.5. 3. Thermodynamics of quantum information -- 3.1. Quantum thermodynamics of information -- 3.2. Performance diagnostics of quantum annealers -- 3.3. Kibble-Zurek scaling of irreversible entropy -- 3.4. Error correction in adiabatic quantum comput
This book introduces the emerging field of quantum thermodynamics, with a focus on its relation to quantum information and its implications for quantum computers and next generation quantum technologies. Aimed at graduate level physics students
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Dr. Sebastian Deffner received his doctorate from the University of Augsburg in 2011. He has held positions at the University of Maryland, College Park and the Los Alamos National Laboratory and since 2016 he has been on the faculty of the Depar
9781643276588 9781643276564
10.1088/2053-2571/ab21c6 doi
Thermodynamics. Quantum theory Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory). SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory.