Thermodynamics and Control of Open Quantum Systems

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Gershon Kurizki (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) Abraham G. Kofman (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)

Thermodynamics and Control of Open Quantum Systems

Gershon Kurizki (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), Abraham G. Kofman (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)

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Cambridge University Press
13 January 2022

Condensed matter physics (liquid state & solid state physics); Thermodynamics & heat; Atomic & molecular physics; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory); Statistical physics

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.

By: Gershon Kurizki (Weizmann Institute of Science Israel), Abraham G. Kofman (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 251mm, Width: 176mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 1.060kg
ISBN: 9781107175419
ISBN 10: 1107175410
Pages: 450
Publication Date: 13 January 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface. Part I. Quantum System-Bath Interactions and their Control. 1. Equilibration of Large Quantum Systems; 2. Thermalization of Quantum Systems Weakly Coupled to Baths; 3. Generic Quantum Baths; 4. Quantized System-Bath Interactions; 5. System-Bath Reversible and Irreversible Quantum Dynamics; 6. System-Bath Equilibration via Spin-Boson Interaction; 7. Bath-Induced Collective Dynamics; 8. Bath-Induced Self-Energy: Cooperative Lamb-Shift and Dipole-Dipole Interactions; 9. Quantum Measurements, Pointer Basis and Decoherence; 10. The Quantum Zeno and Anti-Zeno Effects (QZE and AZE); 11. Dynamical Control of Open Systems; 12. Optimal Dynamical Control of Open Systems; 13. Dynamical Control of Quantum Information Processing; 14. Dynamical Control of Quantum State Transfer in Hybrid Systems. Part II. Control of Thermodynamic Processes in Quantum Systems. 15. Entropy, Work and Heat Exchange Bounds for Driven Quantum Systems; 16. Thermodynamics and its Control on Non-Markovian Time Scales; 17. Work-Information Relation and System-Bath Correlations; 18. Cyclic Quantum Engines Energized by Thermal or Non-Thermal Baths; 19. Steady-State Cycles for Quantum Heat Machines; 20. Two-Level Minimal Model of a Heat Engine; 21. Quantum Cooperative Heat Machines; 22. Heat-to-Work Conversion in Fully Quantized Machines; 23. Quantum Refrigerators and the Third Law; 24. Minimal Quantum Heat Manager: Heat Diode and Transistor. Conclusions and Outlook. Bibliography. Index.

Gershon Kurizki has held the G.W. Dunne Professorial Chair in Theoretical Quantum Optics at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel since 1998. He was the recipient of the W.E. Lamb Medal in Laser Science and Quantum Optics (USA) in 2008 and the Humboldt-Meitner Award (Germany) in 2009 for pioneering contributions to the theory of quantum measurements and decoherence control in open quantum systems. A Fellow of the Optical Society of America, the American Physical Society and the UK Institute of Physics, he has co-authored more than 300 scientific publications. Abraham G. Kofman is Research Consultant at the Weizmann Institute of Science. He was the recipient of the Maxine Singer Prize for Outstanding Research at the Weizmann Institute of Science in 2005, and received the 'Highlights of 2013' citation from the New Journal of Physics. He has coauthored more than 100 scientific publications related to various fields of theoretical physics and chemistry, including quantum optics, quantum measurements, quantum information processing, atomic and molecular physics, condensed matter and chemical reactions.