9am - 5pm BST

Monday 8 July 2024

New trends in Quantum Thermodynamics

Free

Oak 1&2
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7XH

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All prospective participants are kindly requested to register to the event by emailing one of the organisers. The event is in-person only (see Google map for location). No fees apply. We welcome submissions of poster abstracts.

Overview

Quantum thermodynamics is a promising area, which has the ambition to close the gap between microscopic quantum phenomena and macroscopic classical scales. Resorting to the physics of thermodynamic systems, the field seeks to establish a framework going beyond conventional classical thermodynamics to account for non-equilibrium dynamics at the quantum level.

Within the project network Quantum Thermodynamics, Quantum Biology & the Arrow of Time, we are pleased to announce a one-day international meeting on the topic “New Trends in Quantum Thermodynamics”. This meeting is meant to bring together experts from the field, as well as those working on open quantum systems, hybrid quantum-classical systems, and related topics from different perspectives.

Invited speakers

Lane Hughston (Goldsmiths University of London)
Iva Brezinova (Vienna University of Technology, AT)
Jesús Clemente-Gallardo (University of Zaragoza, ES)
Isaac Layton (University College London, UK)
Mauro Paternostro (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
Jesús Rubio Jiménez (University of Surrey, UK)

Programme

Time	Activity
9am	Coffee and welcome
9:30am – 10am	Mauro Paternostro (Belfast, UK) Informational steady-states and conditional entropy production in continuously monitored systems
10am – 10:10am	Questions
10:10am – 10:40am	Lane Hughston (Goldsmiths University of London) Quantum Thermodynamics and Cramér's Theorem
10:40am – 10:50am	Questions
10:50am – 11:10am	Coffee break
11:10am – 11:40am	Iva Brezinova (Vienna, AT) Indistinguishable particles as their own environment in time-dependent quantum many-body dynamics
11:40am – 11:50am	Questions
11:50am – 12:30pm	Round table
12:30pm – 2pm	Lunch break, coffee, poster viewing
2pm – 2:30pm	Jesús Clemente-Gallardo (Zaragoza, ES) Hybrid quantum-classical equilibrium ensembles?
2:30pm – 2:40pm	Questions
2:40pm – 3:10pm	Isaac Layton (London, UK) Consistent dynamics for thermal classical-quantum systems
3:10pm – 3:20pm	Questions
3:20pm – 3:40pm	Break
3:40pm – 4:10pm	Jesús Rubio Jiménez (Surrey, UK) Sensing quantum coherence: symmetry vs geometry
4:10pm – 4:20pm	Questions
4:20pm – 5pm	Round table and closing