EPJ Special Topics (EPJ ST)

Editorial p. V

H.-P. Breuer, J. Gemmer, M. Michel and U. Schollwöck

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00356-7

Projection operator techniques and Hilbert space averaging in the quantum theory of nonequilibrium systems p. 1

J. Gemmer and H.-P. Breuer

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00357-6

Correlated projection superoperators in relaxation and transport investigations p. 13

M. Michel, R. Steinigeweg and H. Weimer

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00358-5

Statistical relaxation in closed quantum systems and the Van Hove-limit p. 29

C. Bartsch and P. Vidal

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00359-4

Entanglement and irreversibility in the approach to thermal equilibrium - Known and new results on thermalizing quantum channels for qubits p. 41

V. Scarani

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00360-y

Coherent backscattering of light from saturated atoms p. 51

V. Shatokhin, T. Wellens, C. A. Müller and A. Buchleitner

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00361-x

Relaxation dynamics of a quantum Brownian particle in an ideal gas p. 59

B. Vacchini and K. Hornberger

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00362-9

Heat conduction in low-dimensional quantum magnets p. 73

C. Hess

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00363-8

Anomalous transport and relaxation in classical one-dimensional models p. 85

G. Basile, L. Delfini, S. Lepri, R. Livi, S. Olla and A. Politi

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00364-7

Anomalous transport of macromolecules in solution - A semi-phenomenological Fokker-Planck approach p. 95

A. Uvarov and S. Fritzsche

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00365-6

Transport of cold atoms in optical lattices p. 103

A. R. Kolovsky

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00366-5

Heat transport in quantum spin chains - Stochastic baths vs quantum trajectories p. 113

C. Mejia-Monasterio and H. Wichterich

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00367-4

A Boltzmann equation approach to transport in finite modular quantum systems p. 127

M. Kadiroglu and J. Gemmer

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00368-3

Transport in quasi one-dimensional spin-1/2 systems p. 135

F. Heidrich-Meisner, A. Honecker and W. Brenig

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00369-2

Quantum state transfer and time-dependent disorder in quantum chains p. 147

D. Burgarth

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00370-9

Quantum thermodynamic Otto machines: A spin-system approach p. 157

M. J. Henrich, F. Rempp and G. Mahler

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00371-8

Finite-time quantum thermodynamic processes p. 167

T. Jahnke, J. Birjukov and G. Mahler

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00372-7

Work and work fluctuations in quantum systems p. 181

H. Schröder, J. Teifel and G. Mahler

Published online: 20 December 2007

DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00373-6

EPJ

The European Physical Journal Special Topics

Volume 151 (December 2007)

Quantum Transport and Relaxation

Editorial p. V

Projection operator techniques and Hilbert space averaging in the quantum theory of nonequilibrium systems p. 1

Correlated projection superoperators in relaxation and transport investigations p. 13

Statistical relaxation in closed quantum systems and the Van Hove-limit p. 29

Entanglement and irreversibility in the approach to thermal equilibrium - Known and new results on thermalizing quantum channels for qubits p. 41

Coherent backscattering of light from saturated atoms p. 51

Relaxation dynamics of a quantum Brownian particle in an ideal gas p. 59

Heat conduction in low-dimensional quantum magnets p. 73

Anomalous transport and relaxation in classical one-dimensional models p. 85

Anomalous transport of macromolecules in solution - A semi-phenomenological Fokker-Planck approach p. 95

Transport of cold atoms in optical lattices p. 103

Heat transport in quantum spin chains - Stochastic baths vs quantum trajectories p. 113

A Boltzmann equation approach to transport in finite modular quantum systems p. 127

Transport in quasi one-dimensional spin-1/2 systems p. 135

Quantum state transfer and time-dependent disorder in quantum chains p. 147

Quantum thermodynamic Otto machines: A spin-system approach p. 157

Finite-time quantum thermodynamic processes p. 167

Work and work fluctuations in quantum systems p. 181

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