Quantum thermodynamic Carnot and Otto-like cycles for a two-level system

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Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Beretta, Gian Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84864411043     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: 12864854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/99/20005     Document Type: Article

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