Work is not a (quantum) observable

On Wednesday 16th, at 10am, Álvaro Tejero (PhD applicant of the group) will present the following paper:

Fluctuations theorems, as well as the definition of work in Quantum Systems, are an interesting and timing topic of research. Together with the results of this paper, Álvaro will give us an introduction to this problem.

Main references:

    P. Talkner, Eric Lutz, P. Hänggi, Phys. Rev. E 75, 050102(R) (2007).
    P. Talkner, P. Hänggi, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40, F569–F571 (2007).
    P. Talkner, P. Hänggi, M. Morillo, Phys. Rev. E 77, 051131 (2008).

Auxiliary References:

    C. Jarzynski, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2690 (1997).
    C. Jarzynski, Phys. Rev. E 56, 5018 (1997).
    C. Jarzynski, C. R. Physique 8 (2007).
    W. Ribeiro, G. Landi, F. Semião, Am. J. Phys. 84, 948–957 (2016).

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