Physics at the FQMT'04 conference

TL;DR

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in quantum, mesoscopic, and classical thermodynamics, quantum measurement, decoherence, nano-systems, and quantum computing, summarizing key topics and literature from the FQMT'04 conference.

Contribution

It offers a broad synthesis of current research topics and experimental progress in the field of quantum and mesoscopic physics presented at FQMT'04.

Findings

Summarizes recent experimental and theoretical developments in quantum thermodynamics.

Highlights advances in quantum measurement and decoherence.

Provides extensive literature review with 450 references.

Abstract

This paper summarizes the recent state of the art of the following topics presented at the FQMT'04 conference: Quantum, mesoscopic and (partly) classical thermodynamics; Quantum limits to the second law of thermodynamics; Quantum measurement; Quantum decoherence and dephasing; Mesoscopic and nano-electro-mechanical systems; Classical molecular motors, ratchet systems and rectified motion; Quantum Brownian motion and Quantum motors; Physics of quantum computing; and Relevant experiments from the nanoscale to the macroscale. To all these subjects an introduction is given and the recent literature is broadly overviewed. The paper contains some 450 references in total.