Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and dynamics of quantum systems

This thesis is a study of non-equilibrium phenomena in quantum systems. Emphasis is given to the recently derived non-equilibrium fluctuation theorems, which relate the non-equilibrium response of a system to its equilibrium thermodynamic properties. We investigate the validity and importance of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dorner, Ross
Other Authors: Vedral, Vlatko; Lee, Derek; Kim, Myungshik
Published: Imperial College London 2013
Subjects:
530
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.650642