2020 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Exploiting quantum phase transitions to improve the efficiency of quantum thermodynamic processes
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18K13507
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| Research Institution | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University |
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Principal Investigator |
FOGARTY Thomas 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, 量子システム研究ユニット, 研究員 (60786987)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
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| Keywords | quantum heat engine / thermodynamics / speed limits |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In the last financial year I have published 4 papers related to my KAKENHI grant. At the forefront I published an article in the journal Quantum Science and Technology entitled "A many-body heat engine at criticality". This work answered the main question of my KAKENHI grant, showing that many-body effects at a quantum critical point can improve the performance of quantum heat engines.
Related to this area of many-body quantum thermodynamics and control I also published a paper in Physical Review Letters on minimally destructive thermometry of a Fermi gas, and published a paper in Physical Review Research on the effects of many-body coherence on quantum speed limits.
In Physical Review Research I published an article exploring interaction driven heat engines in the Thomas-Fermi regime.
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