Quantum Otto engine driven by quantum fields

We consider a quantum Otto engine using an Unruh-DeWitt particle detector model which interacts with a quantum scalar field in curved spacetime. We express a generic condition for extracting positive work in terms of the effective temperature of the detector. This condition reduces to the well-known...

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Main Authors: Kensuke Gallock-Yoshimura, Vaishant Thakur, Robert B. Mann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2023.1287860/full