Quantum Harmonic Oscillators (IMAGE)

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Quantum Harmonic Oscillators

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This is an illustration of a stationary state that is obtained when two quantum harmonic oscillators (in green) are coupled to two heat baths at different temperatures. In this case, a current of heat will flow from the hotter to the colder reservoir, demonstrating irreversible behavior. The experiments described in the study were selected because they conceptually resembled this simplified situation.

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Gabriel Teixeira Landi

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