Quantum limit of the Carnot engine

Fortschritte der Physik

Volumn 54, Issue 8-10, 2006, Pages 939-956

  Tonner, Friedemann ^a   Mahler, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carnot engine; Quantum limit; Quantum thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748537997     PISSN: 00158208     EISSN: 15213978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prop.200610321     Document Type: Article

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