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quant-ph2017★ 82 cited
Probing the temperature of cold many-body quantum systems
Karen V. Hovhannisyan, Luis A. Correa
It is "conventional wisdom" that the uncertainty of local temperature measurements on equilibrium systems diverges exponentially fast as their temperature drops to zero. In con…
quant-ph2017★ 34 cited
A quantum Otto engine with finite heat baths: energy, correlations, and degradation
Alejandro Pozas-Kerstjens, Eric G. Brown, Karen V. Hovhannisyan
We study a driven harmonic oscillator operating an Otto cycle between two thermal baths of finite size. By making extensive use of the tools of Gaussian quantum mechanics, we direc…