Markovian master equations for quantum thermal machines: local versus global approach

The study of quantum thermal machines, and more generally of open quantum systems, often relies on master equations. Two approaches are mainly followed. On the one hand, there is the widely used, but often criticized, local approach, where machine sub-systems locally couple to thermal baths. On the...

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Main Authors: Patrick P Hofer, Martí Perarnau-Llobet, L David M Miranda, Géraldine Haack, Ralph Silva, Jonatan Bohr Brask, Nicolas Brunner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa964f