{"title":"Quantum thermodynamics of small systems: The anyonic otto engine","authors":"H. S. Mani, N. Ramadas, V. V. Sreedhar","doi":"10.1142/s0217732324500202","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recent advances in applying thermodynamic ideas to quantum systems have raised the novel prospect of using non-thermal, non-classical sources of energy, of purely quantum origin, like quantum statistics, to extract mechanical work in macroscopic quantum systems like Bose–Einstein condensates. On the other hand, thermodynamic ideas have also been applied to small systems like single molecules and quantum dots. In this paper, we study the quantum thermodynamics of small systems of anyons, with specific emphasis on the quantum Otto engine which uses, as its working medium, just one or two anyons. Formulae are derived for the efficiency of the Otto engine as a function of the statistics parameter.</p>","PeriodicalId":18752,"journal":{"name":"Modern Physics Letters A","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Modern Physics Letters A","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0217732324500202","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Recent advances in applying thermodynamic ideas to quantum systems have raised the novel prospect of using non-thermal, non-classical sources of energy, of purely quantum origin, like quantum statistics, to extract mechanical work in macroscopic quantum systems like Bose–Einstein condensates. On the other hand, thermodynamic ideas have also been applied to small systems like single molecules and quantum dots. In this paper, we study the quantum thermodynamics of small systems of anyons, with specific emphasis on the quantum Otto engine which uses, as its working medium, just one or two anyons. Formulae are derived for the efficiency of the Otto engine as a function of the statistics parameter.
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This letters journal, launched in 1986, consists of research papers covering current research developments in Gravitation, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics, Particles and Fields, Accelerator physics, and Quantum Information. A Brief Review section has also been initiated with the purpose of publishing short reports on the latest experimental findings and urgent new theoretical developments.