Limitations of statistical mechanics for quantum thermodynamics.
APA
Jennings, D. (2015). Limitations of statistical mechanics for quantum thermodynamics.. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/15050076
MLA
Jennings, David. Limitations of statistical mechanics for quantum thermodynamics.. Perimeter Institute, May. 11, 2015, https://pirsa.org/15050076
BibTex
@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}} }
Imperial College London
Talk Type
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.