More bang for your buck: Super-adiabatic quantum engines

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Del Campo, A ^a,b   Goold, J ^c   Paternostro, M ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84907020995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06208     Document Type: Article

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