Geometric properties of adiabatic quantum thermal machines
Bibek Bhandari, Pablo Terrén Alonso, Fabio Taddei, Felix von Oppen, Rosario Fazio, Liliana Arrachea
Abstract
A quantum thermal machine can be controlled by time-periodic perturbations that define a cycle, as in conventional macroscopic thermal machines. This paper presents a general and unified approach to the study of quantum thermal machines, including both heat engines and refrigerators, which operate under periodic adiabatic driving and are in contact with thermal reservoirs kept at different temperatures. Importantly, many observables characterizing the operation and the performance of these machines are geometric in nature.
Topics & Concepts
Adiabatic processThermalQuantumObservableQuantum thermodynamicsPhysicsComputer scienceThermodynamicsQuantum mechanicsAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsThermal Radiation and Cooling Technologiesstochastic dynamics and bifurcation