Constraints on work extraction are fundamental to our operational understanding of the
thermodynamics of both classical and quantum systems. In the quantum setting, finite-time …

We study properties of the work distribution of a many-body system driven through a
quantum phase transition in finite time. We focus on the non-Gaussianity of the distribution …

As previously demonstrated, the entropy production—a key quantity characterizing the
irreversibility of thermodynamic processes—is related to generation of correlations between …

We study quantum thermodynamics in nonequilibrium reservoirs (NERs) that are prepared
from initially thermal ones via unitary driving processes. Based on the formulation of entropy …

The entropy produced when a quantum system is driven away from equilibrium can be
decomposed in two parts, one related with populations and the other with quantum …

Entanglement in many‐body systems may display quantum phase transition signatures, and
analogous insights are emerging in the study of work fluctuations. Here, the fermionic …

We examine how the presence of an excited-state quantum phase transition manifests in the
dynamics of a many-body system subject to a sudden quench. Focusing on the Lipkin …

Driven-dissipative phase transitions are currently a topic of intense research due to the
prospect of experimental realizations in quantum optical setups. The most paradigmatic …

We present a method to estimate the probabilities of outcomes of a quantum observable, its
mean value, and higher moments by measuring any other observable. This method is …

We study three aspects of work statistics in the context of the fluctuation theorem for quantum
spin chains up to 1024 sites by numerical methods based on matrix-product states (MPSs) …