Continuous thermomajorization and a complete set of laws for Markovian thermal processes
Matteo Lostaglio, Kamil Korzekwa
Abstract
The authors generalize the previous concept of thermomajorization by introducing the concept of continuous thermomajorization, and show that this partial order of energy distributions provides necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a thermalization process generated by a Markovian master equation. The results may pave the way to an algorithmic approach to the development of quantum thermodynamic protocols.
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Markov processSet (abstract data type)ThermalisationMaster equationStatistical physicsThermalProcess (computing)Order (exchange)Applied mathematicsQuantumComputer scienceMathematical economicsMathematicsPhysicsQuantum mechanicsThermodynamicsStatisticsEconomicsOperating systemFinanceProgramming languageAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsQuantum Information and CryptographyQuantum many-body systems