Work extremum principle: Structure and function of quantum heat engines

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Allahverdyan, Armen E ^a   Johal, Ramandeep S ^b   Mahler, Guenter ^c  

^a YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^b LYALLPUR KHALSA COLLEGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNOT CYCLE; POWER AMPLIFIERS; WORK FUNCTION;

CARNOT VALUE; CURZON-AHLBORN VALUE; ENGINE STRUCTURE; QUANTUM HEAT ENGINES;

HEAT ENGINES;

EID: 42449121025     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.041118     Document Type: Article

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