Generalized laws of thermodynamics in the presence of correlations
In presence of inter-system correlations, violations of the laws of thermodynamics become possible. Here, the authors develop a formalism redefining heat, work and thermodynamic laws in terms of quantum conditional entropy, which consistently generalize thermodynamics in correlated scenarios.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2017-12-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02370-x |