A general framework for information-work interconvertibility in the quantum regime
Tutor / Supervisor
Lewenstein, Maciej
Student
Rodríguez Ramos, Constantino
Document type
Master thesis
Date
2016
rights
Open Access
Publisher
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
UPCommons
Abstract
In this theoretical work we study three theorems that establish limitations to three basic processes in thermodynamics: an adiabatic process, an erasure process and a work extraction process. We propose a theoretical setting that allows us to model these three processes using a fully quantum formalism. Using this picture, we explore the fundamental limitations that affect the processes. As a conclusion, we give a general view to the origin of these limitations.
Participating teacher
- Lewenstein, Maciej