3 papers
quant-ph2025
Entropy-based analysis of single-qubit Otto and Carnot heat engines
Andrés Vallejo, Catty Lissardy, Santiago Silva-Gallo +2
From an entropy-based formulation of the first law of thermodynamics in the quantum regime, we investigate the performance of Otto-like and Carnot-like engines for a single-qubit w…
quant-ph2024
Evolution of expected values in open quantum systems
Andrés Vallejo, Alejandro Romanelli, Virginia Feldman +1
We derive a generalization of Ehrenfest theorem valid for open quantum systems. From this result, we identify three contributions to the evolution of expected values: i) the explic…
quant-ph2020
Temperature of a finite-dimensional quantum system
Andrés Vallejo, Alejandro Romanelli, Raúl Donángelo
A general expression for the temperature of a finite-dimensional quantum system is deduced from thermodynamic arguments. At equilibrium, this magnitude coincides with the standard…