title: Correlations in quantum thermodynamics: Heat, work, and entropy production.
abstract: We provide a characterization of energy in the form of exchanged heat and work between two interacting constituents of a closed, bipartite, correlated quantum system. By defining a binding energy we derive a consistent quantum formulation of the first law of thermodynamics, in which the role of correlations becomes evident, and this formulation reduces to the standard classical picture in relevant systems. We next discuss the emergence of the second law of thermodynamics under certain-but fairly general-conditions such as the Markovian assumption. We illustrate the role of correlations and interactions in thermodynamics through two examples.
authors: School of Nano Science, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran 19538, Iran.|Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 14588, Iran.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Alipour
authors: Department of Physics, University of Trieste, I-34151 Trieste, Italy.|National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Trieste Section, I-34151 Trieste, Italy.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Benatti
authors: Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 14588, Iran.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Bakhshinezhad
authors: Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 14588, Iran.
authors: M
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authors: Afsary
authors: Department of Physics, University of Trieste, I-34151 Trieste, Italy.|National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Trieste Section, I-34151 Trieste, Italy.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Marcantoni
authors: Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 14588, Iran.
authors: A T
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authors: Rezakhani