Quantum thermodynamics addresses the emergence of thermodynamic laws from quantum
mechanics. The viewpoint advocated is based on the intimate connection of quantum …

Quantum thermodynamics supplies a consistent description of quantum heat engines and
refrigerators up to a single few-level system coupled to the environment. Once the …

A quantum absorption refrigerator driven by noise is studied with the purpose of determining
the limitations of cooling to absolute zero. The model consists of a working medium coupled …

In this review, the debated rapport between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics is
addressed in the framework of the theory of periodically driven/controlled quantum …

We discuss the thermodynamics of closed quantum systems driven out of equilibrium by a
change in a control parameter and undergoing a unitary process. We compare the work …

We study the quantum-mechanical generalization of force or pressure, and then we extend
the classical thermodynamic isobaric process to quantum-mechanical systems. Based on …

In traditional thermodynamics the Carnot cycle yields the ideal performance bound of heat
engines and refrigerators. We propose and analyze a minimal model of a heat machine that …

The rate of temperature decrease of a cooled quantum bath is studied as its temperature is
reduced to absolute zero. The third law of thermodynamics is then quantified dynamically by …

We propose the minimally nonlinear irreversible heat engine as a new general theoretical
model to study the efficiency at the maximum power η* of heat engines operating between …

Standard heat machines (engine, heat pump, refrigerator) are composed of a system
(working fluid) coupled to at least two equilibrium baths at different temperatures and …