The quantum Otto cycle serves as a bridge between the macroscopic world of heat engines
and the quantum regime of thermal devices composed from a single element. We compile …

Thermodynamics originated in the need to understand novel technologies developed by the
Industrial Revolution. However, over the centuries, the description of engines, refrigerators …

Heat transfer in solids is typically conducted through either electrons or atomic vibrations
known as phonons. In a vacuum, heat has long been thought to be transferred by radiation …

Many-body-localized (MBL) systems do not thermalize under their intrinsic dynamics. The
athermality of MBL, we propose, can be harnessed for thermodynamic tasks. We illustrate …

We study the performance of a quantum Otto cycle using a harmonic work medium and
undergoing collisional dynamics with finite-size reservoirs. We span the dynamical regimes …

Casimir force densities, ie, force per area, become very large if two solid material surfaces
come closer together to each other than 10 nm. In most cases, the forces are attractive. In …

Axions are hypothetical particles related to the violation of the charge-parity symmetry within
the strong sector of the standard model, being one of the most prone candidates for dark …

Established heat engines in quantum regime can be modeled with various quantum systems
as working substances. For example, in the non-relativistic case, we can model the heat …

A quantum Stirling heat engine (QSHE) with numerous copies of extreme relativistic
particles confined in 1D potential well as working substance is proposed. The cycle consists …

In this study, we consider the quantum Szilárd engine with a single particle under the
fractional power-law potential. We suggest that such kind of the Szilárd engine works a …