The statistical mechanical description of small systems staying in thermal equilibrium with an
environment can be achieved by means of the Hamiltonian of mean force. In contrast to the …

This book introduces the emerging field of quantum thermodynamics, with a focus on its
relation to quantum information and its implications for quantum computers and next …

We develop a thermodynamic framework that describes a classical system of interest S that
is strongly coupled to its thermal environment E. Within this framework, seven key …

Based on the observation that the thermodynamic equilibrium free energy of an open
quantum system in contact with a thermal environment is the difference between the free …

We review in a pedagogic manner the topic of quantum Brownian motion, with an emphasis
on its thermodynamic aspects. For the sake of completeness, we begin with the classical …

We establish the foundations of a nonequilibrium theory of quantum thermodynamics for
noninteracting open quantum systems strongly coupled to their reservoirs within the …

Quantum systems strongly coupled to many-body systems equilibrate to the reduced state of
a global thermal state, deviating from the local thermal state of the system as it occurs in the …

The Carnot statement of the second law of thermodynamics poses an upper limit on the
efficiency of all heat engines. Recently, it has been studied whether generic quantum …

Entropy production plays a fundamental role in nonequilibrium thermodynamics to quantify
the irreversibility of open systems. Its positivity can be ensured for a wide class of setups, but …

We present a consistent thermodynamic theory for the resonant level model in the wide-
band limit, whose level energy is driven slowly by an external force. The problem of defining …