Kurizki G. Thermodynamics and Control of Open Quantum Sys 2022 torrent

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The control of open quantum systems and their associated quantum thermodynamic properties is a topic of growing importance in modern quantum physics and quantum chemistry research. This unique and self-contained book presents a unifying perspective of such open quantum systems, first describing the fundamental theory behind these formidably complex systems, before introducing the models and techniques that are employed to control their quantum thermodynamics processes. A detailed discussion of real quantum devices is also covered, including quantum heat engines and quantum refrigerators. The theory of open quantum systems is developed pedagogically, from first principles, and the book is accessible to graduate students and researchers working in atomic physics, quantum information, condensed matter physics, and quantum chemistry.
Quantum System–Bath Interactions and Their Control
Equilibration of Large Quantum Systems
Thermalization of Quantum Systems Weakly Coupled to Baths
Generic Quantum Baths
Quantized System–Bath Interactions
System–Bath Reversible and Irreversible Quantum Dynamics
System–Bath Equilibration via Spin-Boson Interaction
Bath-Induced Collective Dynamics
Bath-Induced Self-Energy: Cooperative Lamb-Shift and Dipole–Dipole Interactions
Quantum Measurements, Pointer Basis, and Decoherence
The Quantum Zeno and Anti-Zeno Effects (QZE and AZE)
Dynamical Control of Open Systems
Optimal Dynamical Control of Open Systems
Dynamical Control of Quantum Information Processing
Dynamical Control of Quantum State Transfer in Hybrid Systems
Control of Thermodynamic Processes in Quantum Systems
Entropy, Work, and Heat Exchange Bounds for Driven Quantum Systems
Thermodynamics and Its Control on Non-Markovian Timescales
Work–Information Relation and System–Bath Correlations
Cyclic Quantum Engines Energized by Thermal or Nonthermal Baths
Steady-State Cycles for Quantum Heat Machines
Two-Level Minimal Model of a Heat Engine
Quantum Cooperative Heat Machines
Heat-to-Work Conversion in Fully Quantized Machines
Quantum Refrigerators and the Third Law
Minimal Quantum Heat Manager: Heat Diode and Transistor