Work extraction and thermodynamics for individual quantum systems

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Skrzypczyk, Paul ^a   Short, Anthony J ^b   Popescu, Sandu ^b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; WORK EXTRACTION;

EID: 84903554867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5185     Document Type: Article

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