Quantum Thermodynamics: An Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Quantum Information

PRELIMS.pdf
	Preface
		References
	Acknowledgments
	Author biographies
		Sebastian Deffner
		Steve Campbell
CH001.pdf
	Chapter 1 The principles of modern thermodynamics
		1.1 A phenomenological theory of heat and work
			1.1.1 The five laws of thermodynamics
			1.1.2 Finite-time thermodynamics and endoreversibility
		1.2 The advent of Stochastic Thermodynamics
			1.2.1 Microscopic dynamics
			1.2.2 Stochastic energetics
			1.2.3 Jarzynski equality and Crooks theorem
		1.3 Foundations of statistical physics from quantum entanglement
			1.3.1 Entanglement assisted invariance
			1.3.2 Microcanonical state from envariance
			1.3.3 Canonical state from quantum envariance
		1.4 Work, heat, and entropy production
			1.4.1 Quantum work and quantum heat
			1.4.2 Quantum entropy production
			1.4.3 Two-time energy measurement approach
			1.4.4 Quantum fluctuation theorem for arbitrary observables
			1.4.5 Quantum entropy production in phase space
		1.5 Checklist for ‘The principles of modern thermodynamics’
		1.6 Problems
			A phenomenological theory of heat and work (section 1.1)
			The advent of stochastic thermodynamics (section 1.2)
			Foundations of statistical physics from quantum entanglement (section 1.3)
			Work, quantum heat, and quantum entropy production (section 1.4)
		References
CH002.pdf
	Chapter 2 Thermodynamics of quantum systems
		2.1 Quantum thermometry
			2.1.1 Thermometry for harmonic spectra
			2.1.2 Optimal thermometers
		2.2 Quantum heat engines—engines with atomic working fluids
			2.2.1 The Otto cycle: classical to quantum formulation
			2.2.2 A two-level Otto cycle
			2.2.3 Endoreversible Otto cycle
		2.3 Work extraction from quantum systems
			2.3.1 Work extraction from arrays of quantum batteries
			2.3.2 Powerful charging of quantum batteries
		2.4 Quantum decoherence and the tale of quantum Darwinism
			2.4.1 Work, heat, and entropy production for dynamical semigroups
			2.4.2 Entropy production as correlation
			2.4.3 Quantum Darwinism: emergence of classical objectivity
		2.5 Checklist for ‘Thermodynamics of quantum systems’
		2.6 Problems
			Quantum thermometry (section 2.1)
			Quantum heat engines—engines with atomic working fluids (section 2.2)
			Work extraction from quantum systems (section 2.3)
			Quantum decoherence and the tale of quantum Darwinism (section 2.4)
		References
CH003.pdf
	Chapter 3 Thermodynamics of quantum information
		3.1 Quantum thermodynamics of information
			3.1.1 Thermodynamics of classical information processing
			3.1.2 A quantum sharpening of Landauer’s bound
			3.1.3 New Landauer bounds for nonequilibrium quantum systems
		3.2 Performance diagnostics of quantum annealers
			3.2.1 Fluctuation theorem for quantum annealers
			3.2.2 Experimental test on the D-Wave machine
		3.3 Kibble–Zurek scaling of irreversible entropy
			3.3.1 Fundamentals of the Kibble–Zurek mechanism
			3.3.2 Example: the Landau–Zener model
			3.3.3 Kibble–Zurek mechanism and entropy production
		3.4 Error correction in adiabatic quantum computers
			3.4.1 Quantum error correction in quantum annealers
			3.4.2 Adiabatic quantum computing—a case for shortcuts to adiabaticity
			3.4.3 Counterdiabatic Hamiltonian for scale-invariant driving
		3.5 Checklist for ‘Thermodynamics of quantum information’
		3.6 Problems
			Quantum thermodynamics of information (section 3.1)
			Performance diagnostics of quantum annealers (section 3.2)
			Kibble–Zurek scaling of irreversible entropy (section 3.3)
			Error correction in adiabatic quantum computers (section 3.4)
		References