Thermodynamic power of non-Markovianity

The natural framework to discuss thermodynamics at the quantum level is the theory of open quantum systems. Memory effects arising from strong system-environment correlations may lead to information back-flow, that is non-Markovian behaviour. The relation between non-Markovianity and quantum thermod...

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Autores principales: Bylicka, Bogna, Tukiainen, Mikko, Chruściński, Dariusz, Piilo, Jyrki, Maniscalco, Sabrina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4914965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27323947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep27989
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Sumario:The natural framework to discuss thermodynamics at the quantum level is the theory of open quantum systems. Memory effects arising from strong system-environment correlations may lead to information back-flow, that is non-Markovian behaviour. The relation between non-Markovianity and quantum thermodynamics has been until now largely unexplored. Here we show by means of Landauer’s principle that memory effects control the amount of work extraction by erasure in presence of realistic environments.

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