PIRSA:15050076

Limitations of statistical mechanics for quantum thermodynamics.

Jennings, D. (2015). Limitations of statistical mechanics for quantum thermodynamics.. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/15050076

Jennings, David. Limitations of statistical mechanics for quantum thermodynamics.. Perimeter Institute, May. 11, 2015, https://pirsa.org/15050076 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:15050076,
            doi = {10.48660/15050076},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/15050076},
            author = {Jennings, David},
            keywords = {Mathematical physics, Quantum Foundations, Quantum Gravity, Quantum Information},
            language = {en},
            title = {Limitations of statistical mechanics for quantum thermodynamics.},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2015},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:15050076 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

David Jennings Imperial College London

DOI 10.48660/15050076
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Abstract

How should we describe the thermodynamics of extreme quantum regimes, where features such as coherence and entanglement dominate? I will discuss possible limitations of a traditional statistical mechanics approach, and then describe work that applies modern techniques from the theory of quantum information to the foundations of thermodynamics. In particular I discuss recent progress in quantum resource theories and argue that to properly encapsulate the thermodynamic structure of quantum coherence and entanglement we must make use of concepts beyond free energies.