Thermodynamic universality of quantum Carnot engines

Gardas, Bartłomiej; Deffner, Sebastian

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.92.042126

Title: Thermodynamic universality of quantum Carnot engines

Journal Article · Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.042126· OSTI ID:1233539

Gardas, Bartłomiej ^[1]; Deffner, Sebastian ^[2]

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Silesia, Katowice (Poland)
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

The Carnot statement of the second law of thermodynamics poses an upper limit on the efficiency of all heat engines. Recently, it has been studied whether generic quantum features such as coherence and quantum entanglement could allow for quantum devices with efficiencies larger than the Carnot efficiency. The present study shows that this is not permitted by the laws of thermodynamic —independent of the model. We will show that rather the definition of heat has to be modified to account for the thermodynamic cost of maintaining non-Gibbsian equilibrium states. As a result, our theoretical findings are illustrated for two experimentally relevant examples.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: 1060/MOB/2013/0; AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1233539

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1224650

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-21740; PLEEE8

Journal Information:: Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, Vol. 92, Issue 4; ISSN 1539-3755

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Country of Publication:: United States

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