A short story of quantum and information thermodynamics

@inproceedings{Auffves2021ASS,
  title={A short story of quantum and information thermodynamics},
  author={Alexia Auff{\`e}ves},
  year={2021}
}
This Colloquium is a fast journey through the build-up of key thermodynamical concepts, i.e. work, heat and irreversibility -- and how they relate to information. Born at the time of industrial revolution to optimize the exploitation of thermal resources, these concepts have been adapted to small systems where thermal fluctuations are predominant. Extending the framework to quantum fluctuations is a great challenge of quantum thermodynamics, that opens exciting research lines e.g. measurement… 
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