Steady state properties of periodically driven quantum systems

Authors: Robert Alicki, David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky and Alejandro Jenkins Published on: arXiv:2508.07674 (2025)   Key Question: What is the steady state of a periodically driven system interacting with a thermal bath?  What is the role of unitarity in the thermalization of quantum systems?   arXiv People also read: More Publications

On the operation of machines powered by quantum non-thermal baths

Authors: Wolfgang Niedenzu, David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, Abraham G Kofman and Gershon Kurizki Published on: New J. Phys. 18 083012 (2016)   Key Question: What is a the maximal efficiency of a heat machine operating under the influence of non-thermal baths? View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications

Spin-bath polarization via disentanglement

Authors: D. D. Bhaktavatsala Rao, D. Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, N. Bar-Gill and G. Kurizki Published on: New Journal of Physics 22, 083035 (2020) Key Question: How to cool down a spin bath? View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications

The problem of engines in statistical physics

Authors: Robert Alicki, David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky and Alejandro Jenkins Published on: Entropy 23, 1095 (2021) Key Question: What are the dynamical equations of an engine? View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications

Non-Equilibrium Quantum Heat Machines

Authors: Robert Alicki and David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky Published on: New J. Phys. 17 115012 Key Question: What are the bounds of heat machines operating with non-equilibrium heat baths? View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications

Near field propulsion forces from nonreciprocal media

Authors:  David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, Noah Graham, Mehran Kardar and Matthias Kruger.  Published on: Physical Review Letters 126, 170401 (2021) Key Question: How to build a heat engine using Casimir forces View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications

Cooling by heating in nonequilibrium nanosystems

Authors: R. Hartle, C. Schinabeck, M. Kulkarni, D. Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, M. Thoss, and U. Peskin and Alejandro Published on: Physical Review B 98, 08140(R) (2018). Key Question: Could heating part of a system cool down another part? View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications

Thermodynamics of quantum systems under dynamical control

Authors: D. Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, W. Niedenzu and G. Kurizki.  Published on:  Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics volume 64, 329 (2015)   Key Question: A review on the thermodynamics of quantum systems View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications