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In this section yet another approach to transport is examined. Rather than analyzing spatial energy density dynamics as done in the previous section, we now aim at investigating a stationary non-equilibrium state. This state is induced through the local coupling of reservoirs with different temperatures at either end of the system. The system is a chain of two-level systems coupled according to the Heisenberg model. The baths are modeled according to standard open system theory (see [3–6]). The resulting equations are numerically solved using a stochastic unraveling scheme.
No subject has more extensive relations with the progress of industry and the natural sciences; for the action of heat is always present, it penetrates all bodies and spaces, it influences the processes of the arts, and occurs in all phenomena of the universe.
— J. Fourier [1]
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Gemmer, J., Michel, M., Mahler, G. (2009). Open System Approach to Transport1 . In: Quantum Thermodynamics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 784. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70510-9_21
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