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SUMMARY:Thermodynamics in extreme quantum regimes. - David Jennings (Imper
 ial College London)
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CONTACT:William Matthews
DESCRIPTION:The thermodynamics of macroscopic and weakly-correlated system
 s has been extensively studied and is well-understood. However\, with tech
 nological progress pushing into more extreme quantum regimes where exotic 
 effects often dominate\, there is increasing foundational interest to unde
 rstand how thermodynamic laws are modified or extended in such regimes. I 
 shall talk about on-going work that aims to provide a unified account of c
 oherence and entanglement within thermodynamics\, and discuss the limitati
 ons of more traditional approaches\, such as fluctuation theorems. This li
 ne of work also suggests striking connections with the theory of entanglem
 ent and recently developed ideas on asymmetry.
LOCATION:MR4\,  Centre for Mathematical Sciences\, Wilberforce Road\, Camb
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