Hi all,
Tomorrow we'll have an external talk by Raffaele Salvia from Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. He'll tell us about "The statistics of work extraction"; see below for the abstract.
The link to the meeting is https://ethz.zoom.us/j/362994444
Best,
-joe
Title: Statistics of work extraction Abstract: Given a closed quantum system, the states we can reach with a cyclic process are those in the same unitary orbit as the initial state. The talk will begin with an outline of my proof that, under a very general assumption on the Hamiltonian, the distribution of extractable work is a gaussian with respect to the Haar measure. I shall then provide an estimation of the additional work we can extract from multiple copies of the system, as a function of the degree of correlation (MPO bond link rank) allowed between the sites.
Hi everyone
As mentioned at the end of today's group seminar, we've made a Zoom room for tea/coffee breaks. This is make up for the fact that we no longer spontaneously run in to each other like we used to at the department, which could lead to interesting physics or social conversations.
The link is https://ethz.zoom.us/j/721160102. There is currently no schedule, simply join if you feel like when taking a break from work, and hopefully you will run into other people from the group :)
Regards, and stay safe
Ralph
itp-quantumseminare@lists.phys.ethz.ch