2009/09/24 by Ramandeep S. Johal · 1 citation
Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Bipartite graph #Combinatorics #Law #Mathematics #Non-equilibrium thermodynamics #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum mechanics #Quantum thermodynamics #Statistical physics #Thermal #Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies #Thermodynamics #Unitary state #Work (physics) #cond-mat.stat-mech #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreve.80.041119
published as Phys. Rev. E 80, 041119 (2009) · Five pages, Accepted for publication in Physical Review E
arxiv created 2009/09/24 · openalex publication_date 2009/10/15 · arxiv updated 2015/05/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A pair of two-level systems initially prepared in different thermal states and coupled to an external reversible work source do not in general reach a common temperature at the end of a unitary work extraction process. We define an effective temperature for the final nonequilibrium but passive state of the bipartite quantum system and analyze its properties.