Autonomous machines and clocks in quantum thermodynamics
Thermodynamics is one of the core disciplines of physics, and despite its long history it is still a very active area of research. Particularly in the regime of non-equilibrium processes and at small scales many open questions remain. In this thesis we critically study the role that autonomous machi...
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Imperial College London
2016
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.712910 |