Contents

pp v-x

Preface

pp xi-xiv

Part I - Quantum System–Bath Interactions and Their Control

pp 1-2

1 - Equilibration of Large Quantum Systems

pp 3-13

2 - Thermalization of Quantum Systems Weakly Coupled to Baths

pp 14-21

3 - Generic Quantum Baths

pp 22-39

4 - Quantized System–Bath Interactions

pp 40-54

5 - System–Bath Reversible and Irreversible Quantum Dynamics

pp 55-68

6 - System–Bath Equilibration via Spin-Boson Interaction

pp 69-79

7 - Bath-Induced Collective Dynamics

pp 80-90

8 - Bath-Induced Self-Energy: Cooperative Lamb-Shift and Dipole–Dipole Interactions

pp 91-118

9 - Quantum Measurements, Pointer Basis, and Decoherence

pp 119-133

10 - The Quantum Zeno and Anti-Zeno Effects (QZE and AZE)

pp 134-160

11 - Dynamical Control of Open Systems

pp 161-197

12 - Optimal Dynamical Control of Open Systems

pp 198-210

13 - Dynamical Control of Quantum Information Processing

pp 211-241

14 - Dynamical Control of Quantum State Transfer in Hybrid Systems

pp 242-256

Part II - Control of Thermodynamic Processes in Quantum Systems

pp 257-258

15 - Entropy, Work, and Heat Exchange Bounds for Driven Quantum Systems

pp 259-271

16 - Thermodynamics and Its Control on Non-Markovian Timescales

pp 272-305

17 - Work–Information Relation and System–Bath Correlations

pp 306-324

18 - Cyclic Quantum Engines Energized by Thermal or Nonthermal Baths

pp 325-342

19 - Steady-State Cycles for Quantum Heat Machines

pp 343-364

20 - Two-Level Minimal Model of a Heat Engine

pp 365-380

21 - Quantum Cooperative Heat Machines

pp 381-394

22 - Heat-to-Work Conversion in Fully Quantized Machines

pp 395-421

23 - Quantum Refrigerators and the Third Law

pp 422-434

24 - Minimal Quantum Heat Manager: Heat Diode and Transistor

pp 435-448

Conclusions and Outlook

pp 449-453