4-29-20: Quantum master equation, Lindblad operators, decoherence of a spin-1/2 particle, open questions:
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4-27-20: Derivation of Choi-Kraus representation theorem, continued:
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4-24-20: Measurements as special case of open quantum systems, Choi-Kraus representation theorem:
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4-22-20: Distinction between von Neumann and classical thermodynamic entropy, how the density operator changes under measurement:
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4-20-20: Decompositions of the density operator, von Neumann entropy, time evolution in isolated quantum systems:
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4-17-20: Ensembles and density operators:
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4-15-20: Testing the IFT part III, introduction to quantum statististical mecahanics:
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4-13-20: Testing the IFT part II: experimentally measuring internal entropy production:
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4-10-20: Integral fluctuation theorem (IFT) implies the second law, testing the theorem in an AFM force spectroscopy experiment:
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4-8-20: Fluctuation theorems: Gallavotti-Cohen, Crooks, and integral versions:
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4-6-20: Setting up the trajectory formalism in statistical physics, defining entropy production along a trajectory:
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4-3-20: The zoo of thermodynamic potentials and Maxwell's relations derived from a single dynamical equation:
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4-1-20: Properties of equilibrium systems, combining the first and second laws into a single description of system dynamics:
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3-30-20: Optimality in heat engines and heat pumps, the tradeoff between efficiency and power output:
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3-27-20: Systems coupled to multiple heat baths, universal Carnot efficiency bound:
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3-25-20: Kelvin-Planck statement of second law of thermodynamics:
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3-23-20: Coupling a system to external degrees of freedom: entropy flow and work:
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3-20-20: Generalizing the entropy decomposition, in the spirit of Prigogine; definition of equilibrium (it's boring):
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3-18-20: Breaking down entropy into system and environmental components, irreversible entropy production:
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