Thermodynamics of off-equilibrium systems Date: November 11, 2020 Source: Santa Fe Institute Summary: Arguably, almost all truly intriguing systems are ones that are far away from equilibrium ...

At first, the atoms rapidly progressed toward thermal equilibrium, then switched to a slower advance, Lev and colleagues report in a paper published May 2 in Physical Review X.

If these were placed in thermal contact, heat would simply flow from the hot reservoir to the cold until the two reached thermal equilibrium. Instead, however, they connected them electrically through ...

Quantum dynamics—the study of how particles behave and interact in a quantum system—has long fascinated physicists due to its puzzling and sometimes bizarre behaviors. Unlike classical systems, where ...