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Quantum Engines and Refrigerators | preprint arXiv:2302.00726 (2023)

Engines are systems and devices that convert one form of energy into another, typically into a more useful form that can perform work. In the classical setup, physical, chemical, and biological engines largely involve the conversion of heat into work. This energy conversion is at the core of thermodynamic laws and principles and is codified

Nonadiabatically driven open quantum systems under out-of-equilibrium conditions: Effect of electron-phonon interaction | Physical Review B 106 (7), 075419 (2022)

In this paper we explore the effects of nonadiabatic external driving on the dynamics of an electronic system coupled to two electronic leads and to a phonon mode, with and without damping. In the limit of slow driving, we establish nonadiabatic corrections to thermodynamic and transport quantities. In particular, we study the first-order correction to

Kirkwood-Dirac quasiprobability approach to quantum fluctuations: Theoretical and experimental perspectives | preprint arXiv:2206.11783 (2022)

Recent work has revealed the central role played by the Kirkwood-Dirac quasiprobability (KDQ) as a tool to encapsulate non-classical features in the context of condensed matter physics (scrambling, dynamical phase transitions) metrology (standard and post-selected), thermodynamics (power output and fluctuation theorems), foundations (contextuality, anomalous weak values) and more. Given the growing relevance of the KDQ