3 papers
quant-ph2026
Carnot Meets Quantum Information: Thermal Machine Driven by Probabilistic Non-orthogonal State Discrimination
Tan-Ji Zhou, Yun-Qian Lin, Yu-Han Ma +1
While the impossibility of perfectly identifying non-orthogonal states is a cornerstone of quantum information science, their probabilistic discrimination is nonetheless permissibl…
cond-mat.stat-mech2026
Finite-Time Thermodynamics of Battery Discharging: Power-Efficiency Trade-Off and Optimization
Rui-Han Liu, Yun-Qian Lin, Yu-Han Ma
Battery discharging is governed by a fundamental trade-off between output power and energy conversion efficiency due to internal dissipation. In this paper, we demonstrate that suc…
cond-mat.stat-mech2026
Macroscopic Thermodynamic Framework for the Mpemba Effect
Yun-Qian Lin, Z. C. Tu, Yu-Han Ma
The counterintuitive Mpemba effect, wherein a hotter system cools faster, critically lacks a general macroscopic theory. Here, starting from linear irreversible thermodynamics, we…