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The quantum open system as a model of the heat engine
Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General · 1979 · Vol. 12(5) · pp. L103–L107
Robert Alicki✉(University of Gdańsk)
Abstract
The quantum open system weakly coupled to thermal reservoirs at different temperatures and under the influence of slowly varying external conditions is studied. The famous Carnot inequality for the efficiency of any heat engine is obtained.
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsQuantum Mechanics and ApplicationsQuantum Electrodynamics and Casimir EffectCarnot cycleHeat engineQuantumThermalStirling engineThermal efficiencyMechanicsPhysicsThermodynamicsChemistry
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