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- Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Arizona
- Discusses in detail the validity of the laws of thermodynamics far from equilibrium
- Presents a novel, mathematically-rigorous foundation for temperature and voltage measurements in far-from-equilibrium quantum systems
- Proves the positivity of the Onsager matrix for quantum thermoelectric transport, verifying a formulation of the second law of thermodynamics
- Based on the theoretical foundations developed here, the Scanning Tunneling Thermometer is proposed which may potentially improve the resolution of nanoscopic thermometry by over two orders of magnitude
- Derives the exact local entropy for nonequilibrium steady states, explores the second and third laws of thermodynamics, and proposes a metric to quantify the departure from local equilibrium
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Book Title: Theory of Thermodynamic Measurements of Quantum Systems Far from Equilibrium
Authors: Abhay Shastry
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33574-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33573-1Published: 09 December 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33576-2Published: 09 December 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-33574-8Published: 26 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 144
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Physics, Thermodynamics, Physical Chemistry, Mathematical Physics, Spectroscopy and Microscopy