3 papers
quant-ph2025
Entropy Flow at the Quantum Limit
Marco A. Jimenez-Valencia, Parth Kumar, Yiheng Xu +2
Thermal management is a key challenge, both globally and microscopically in integrated circuits and quantum technologies. The associated heat flow has been understood since t…
quant-ph2025
Thermodynamics of a Quantum Subsystem
Parth Kumar, Charles A. Stafford
Several prior attempts to formulate the Laws of Thermodynamics for a small region within a larger quantum system have led to inconsistencies and unexplained infinities. The entropy…
quant-ph2024
Work Sum Rule for Open Quantum Systems
Parth Kumar, Caleb M. Webb, Charles A. Stafford
A key question in the thermodynamics of open quantum systems is how to partition thermodynamic quantities such as entropy, work, and internal energy between the system and its envi…