Quantum thermodynamics :an introduction to the thermodynamics of quantum information /

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"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 production -- 1.5. Checklist for 'The principles of modern thermodynamics' -- 1.6. Problems2. 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. Checklist for 'Thermodynamics of quantum systems' -- 2.6. Problems3. 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 computers -- 3.5. Checklist for 'Thermodynamics of quantum information' -- 3.6. Problems.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 with a working knowledge of quantum mechanics and statistical physics this text introduces the reader to some more state-of-the-art topics in this exciting and rapidly developing research field.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.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 Department of Physics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where he leads the quantum thermodynamics group. Dr. Steve Campbell is Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, after being awarded the Science Foundation Ireland starting investigations research grant. He spent time at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan in 2013 and was awarded a fellowship from the INFN Sezione di Milano in 2017.Title from PDF title page (viewed on August 15, 2019).

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9781643276588

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Quantum theory.
SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory.
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Sebastian Deffner, Steve Campbell.

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