Accurate models for open quantum systems─ quantum states that have nontrivial
interactions with their environment─ may aid in the advancement of a diverse array of fields …

A quantum battery is a work reservoir that stores energy in quantum degrees of freedom.
When immersed in an environment, an open quantum battery needs to be stabilized against …

We study a four-stroke Otto engine whose working fluid is a quantum Ising chain. The
thermodynamic cycle consists in sweeps of the transverse magnetic field occurring in …

Isothermal transformations are minimally dissipative but slow processes, as the system
needs to remain close to thermal equilibrium along the protocol. Here, we show that …

The optimal control of open quantum systems is a challenging task but has a key role in
improving existing quantum information processing technologies. We introduce a general …

We present an efficient quantum algorithm for simulating the dynamics of Markovian open
quantum systems. The performance of our algorithm is similar to the previous state-of-the-art …

We study fluctuations in many-body quantum heat engines operating in the presence of
collective system-bath interactions. We show that collective effects in open quantum systems …

A quantum thermal machine is an open quantum system that enables the conversion
between heat and work at the micro or nano-scale. Optimally controlling such out-of …

We study how to achieve the ultimate power in the simplest, yet non-trivial, model of a
thermal machine, namely a two-level quantum system coupled to two thermal baths. Without …

We study the thermodynamic performance of a finite-time non-regenerative quantum Stirling-
like cycle used as a heat engine. We consider specifically the case in which the working …