In this dissertation, applications of thermodynamics at the macroscopic and quantum levels of description are developed. Within the macroscopic level, an upper-level Sustainability Assessment Framework (SAF) is proposed for evaluating the sustainable and resilient synthesis/design and operation of sets of small renewable and non-renewable energy production technologies coupled to power production transmission and distribution networks via microgrids. The upper-level SAF is developed in accord with the four pillars of sustainability, i.e., economic, environmental, technical and social. A superstructure of energy producers with a fixed transmission network initially available is synthesized based on the day with the highest energy demand of the year, resulting in an optimum synthesis, design, and off-design network configuration. The optimization is developed in a quasi-stationary manner with an hourly basis, including partial-load behavior for the producers. Since sustainability indices are typically not expressed in the same units, multicriteria decision making methods are employed to obtain a composite sustainability index. Within the quantum level of description, steepest-entropy-ascent quantum thermodynamics (SEA-QT) is used to model the phenomenon of decoherence. The two smallest microscopic composite systems encountered in Nature are studied. The first of these is composed of two two-level-type particles, while the second one is composed of a two-level-type particle and an electromagnetic field. Starting from a non-equilibrium state of the composite and for each of the two different composite systems, the time evolution of the state of the composite as well as that of the reduced and locally-perceived states of the constituents are traced along their relaxation towards stable equilibrium at constant system energy. The modeling shows how the initial entanglement and coherence between constituents are reduced during the relaxation towards a state of stable equilibrium. When the constituents are non-interacting, the initial coherence is lost once stable equilibrium is reached. When they are interacting, the coherence in the final stable equilibrium state is only that due to the interaction. For the atom-photon field composite system, decoherence is compared with data obtained experimentally by the CQED group at Paris. The SEA-QT method applied in this dissertation provides an alternative and comprehensive explanation to that obtained with the "open system" approach of Quantum Thermodynamics (QT) and its associated quantum master equations of the Kossakowski-Lindblad-Gorini-Sudarshan type. / Ph. D.

Intrinsic quantum Thermodynamics (IQT) is a theory that unifies thermodynamics and quantum mechanics into a single theory. Its mathematical framework, steepest-entropy-ascent quantum thermodynamics (SEAQT), can be used to model and describe the non-equilibrium phenomenon of diffusion based on the principle of steepest-entropy ascent. The research presented in this dissertation demonstrates the capability of this framework to model and describe diffusion at atomistic levels and is used here to develop a non-equilibrium-based model for an isolated system in which He3 diffuses in He4. The model developed is able to predict the non-equilibrium and equilibrium characteristics of diffusion as well as capture the differences in behavior of fermions (He3) and bosons (He4). The SEAQT framework is also used to develop the transient and steady-state model for an open system in which oxygen diffuses through a tin anode. The two forms of the SEAQT equation of motion are used. The first, which only involves a dissipation term, is applied to the state evolution of the isolated system as its state relaxes from some initial non-equilibrium state to stable equilibrium. The second form, the so-called extended SEAQT equation of motion, is applied to the transient state evolution of an open system undergoing a dissipative process as well mass-interactions with two mass reservoirs. In this case, the state of the system relaxes from some initial transient state to steady state. Model predictions show that the non-equilibrium thermodynamic path that the isolated system takes significantly alters the diffusion data from that of the equilibrium-based models for isolated atomistic-level systems found in literature. Nonetheless, the SEAQT equilibrium predications for He3 and He4 capture the same trends as those found in the literature providing a point of validation for the SEAQT framework. As to the SEAQT results for the open system, there is no data in the literature with which to compare since the results presented here are completely original to this work. / Ph. D.

Orientador: Prof. Dr. Roberto Menezes Serra / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física, 2016. / Termodinâmica Quântica é uma área emergente da Física que está associada a aplicação dos princípios termodinâmicos a sistemas que são geralmente pequenos, estão longe do equilíbrio térmico e nos quais efeitos quânticos são relevantes. Este novo campo de pesquisa deve contribuir substancialmente para o entendimento dos limites das novas tecnologias quânticas que envolvem processamento de informação, comunicação, metrologia, entre outras aplicações. No limite de pequenos sistemas longe do equilíbrio, flutuações de energia adquirem grande importância e quantidades termodinâmicas como trabalho, calor e produção de entropia tornam-se variáveis estocásticas regidas por teoremas de flutuação, sendo que o acesso às distribuições de probabilidade dessas flutuações é essencial para caracterizar completamente a termodinâmica de um processo fora do equilíbrio. Em um outro desenvolvimento, a possibilidade de aquisição e uso de informação sobre estados microscópicos foi incorporada na descrição teórica dos teoremas de flutuação, dando origem a contundentes conexões entre Termodinâmica e Teoria de Informação. Essas conexões possibilitam, entre outras coisas, obter uma expressão quantitativa em termos de variáveis microscópicas para o conceito filosófico da seta do tempo em um sistema quântico e entender, de um ponto de vista bastante fundamental, de onde emerge a assimetria entre passado e futuro, possibilitando também que se projete um sistema de feedback (retroalimentação) que pode operar como um demônio de Maxwell genuíno. Embora haja uma intensa atividade teórica na área, experimentos em Termodinâmica Quântica tem demorado a aparecer devido à dificuldade de acesso a flutuações de energia durante a evolução de sistemas quânticos fora do equilíbrio. Aplicações da técnica de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear (RMN) que desenvolvemos nesta tese são capazes de contornar essa dificuldade. A partir dessas técnicas, reportamos a realização dos primeiros experimentos em Termodinâmica Quântica, incluindo a comprovação experimental dos teoremas de flutuação no regime quântico, a observação da emergência da seta do tempo (caracterizada pela produção de entropia) em um sistema quântico fechado não autônomo, a construção de uma máquina térmica quântica empregando spins nucleares e a implementação de um demônio de Maxwell em regime quântico. O estudo da Termodinâmica Quântica ainda está em sua infância e, por ser tão novo, ainda há divergências (em parte da comunidade) sobre alguns conceitos. Esperamos que essa tese contribua experimentalmente e teoricamente para avançar a noção de que as definições de grandezas termodinâmicas devem ser consistentes com os teoremas de flutuação, que continuam válidos no regime quântico e de poucas partículas. Em nossa opinião esses teoremas junto com as relações entre informação e energia formam o arcabouço teórico fundamental para o avanço da área. / Quantum Thermodynamics is an emerging topic in Physics, associated with applying the principles of Thermodynamics to systems that are usually small, far from thermal equilibrium and for which quantum effects are relevant. This new research field should give substantial contributions to understanding the limits and limitations of new quantum technologies involving information processing, communication, metrology, among others. In the limit of small systems far from equilibrium, energy fluctuations become very important and thermodynamical quantities such as work, heat and entropy production are treated as stochastic variables obeying fluctuation theorems. The possibility to access the probability distribution of fluctuations is essential to fully characterise the thermodynamics of an out-of-equilibrium process. In a related approach, the possibility to acquire and use information has been included in the theoretical framework of fluctuation theorems, paving the way for powerful connections between Thermodynamics and Information Theory. Such connections enable us, among other things, to derive a quantitative expression in terms of microscopic variables for the philosophical concept known as the arrow of time in a quantum system, and to understand in a fundamental level the origin of the asymmetry between past and future. These ideas can be used to design a feedback mechanism able to act as a genuine Maxwell demon. Even though there is intense theoretical activity, experiments in Quantum Thermodynamics have been taking a long time to appear, due to the difficulty in measuring energy fluctuations during an out-of-equilibrium quantum system evolution. However, techniques from Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) developed for this thesis are able to circumvent that problem. Using them, we report the first experiments in Quantum Thermodynamics, including the verification of the fluctuation theorems, the observation of the emergence of the arrow of time (quantified by entropy production) in a closed non-autonomous quantum system, the implementation of a quantum thermal machine using nuclear spins and the realization of a Maxwell demon in the quantum domain. The field of Quantum Thermodynamics is still in its infancy, and there are divergences (in part of the community) about some of its concepts. We hope that this thesis can contribute experimentally and theoretically to advance the notion that the definitions of thermodynamical quantities must be consistent with the fluctuation theorems, which remain valid in the the quantum, low-particle-number regime. It is our opinion that these theorems, together with relations between information and energy, form the fundamental theoretical framework that will help advance the field.

Orientador: Prof. Dr. Roberto Menezes Serra / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física, 2017.

Orientador: Prof. Dr. Fernando Luis da Silva Semião / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física, 2018.

Cette thèse traite de la manipulation de l'énergie dans trois systèmes quantiques ouverts différents dans la limite de couplage faible système-environnement, et leurs dynamiques respectives sont décrites par une équation maîtresse quantique markovienne. Dans le premier chapitre, le calcul d'une telle équation est réalisé pour un système particulier, et diverses notions de thermodynamique quantique sont introduites. Pour le premier système physique, on analyse le transport d'énergie le long de chaînes atomiques (entre 2 et 7 atomes) soumises à un rayonnement de corps noir proche de la température ambiante. Il est montré que l'efficacité du transport peut atteindre des valeurs remarquables, surpassant 100% et atteignant jusqu'à 1400% dans certaines configurations. De plus, lorsque l'efficacité est amplifiée, la portée du transport est également considérablement augmentée. Le chapitre suivante traite aussi du transport d'énergie dans des chaînes atomiques. Le système quantique est placé à l'interface d'un isolant topologique photonique (ITP), qui supporte un plasmon polariton de surface (PPS) insensible à la réflexion. Le PPS se propage le long de la chaîne atomique et assiste le transport d'énergie. La comparaison est faite entre PPSs réciproque et unidirectionnel en termes d'efficacité du transport, et il est démontré que ce dernier produit une meilleure efficacité, de plus d'un ordre de grandeur. De surcroît, divers aspects pratiques dus aux propriétés des ITPs sont mis en avant, notamment la robustesse du transport d'énergie en présence de défauts sur le parcours du PPS. Enfin, un système quantique immergé dans un champ électromagnétique hors équilibre thermique est étudié. Il est composé d'un système à trois niveaux d'énergie, jouant le rôle de machine thermique quantique à absorption, ainsi que de N atomes à deux niveaux ("qubits") qui sont affectés par l'action de la machine. Il est montré que la machine est capable de délivrer des tâches thermiques d'intensité significative sur les qubits, y compris lorsque leur nombre augmente. De plus, il est mis en évidence qu'en raison d'interactions qubit-qubit, les tâches réalisées par la machine sont distribuées parmi l'ensemble du système des qubits en interaction, de sorte que dans certains cas, même les qubits complètement découplés de la machine subissent une modification de température considérable. Ce mécanisme de distribution des tâches est analysé à travers les corrélations entre différentes partitions du système quantique. Par ailleurs, le contrôle des tâches thermiques est également discuté. / This thesis deals with energy management in open quantum systems. Three different systems are under study in the limit of weak system-environment coupling, and their dynamics is described by Markovian quantum master equations. In the first chapter, the complete derivation of such equation is performed in a specific case, and several notions of quantum thermodynamics are introduced. In the first system, energy transport is investigated along atomic chains (between 2 and 7 atoms) embedded in blackbody radiation around room temperature. It is shown that the transport efficiency can reach remarkable values, exceeding 100% and reaching 1400% in some configurations. Moreover, when the efficiency is amplified, the transport range is also considerably increased. The following chapter also deals with energy transport in atomic chains. The quantum system is located at the interface of a photonic topological insulator (PTI), supporting a unidirectional surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) immune to backscattering. The SPP propagates along the chain and assists energy transport. Comparison is made between reciprocal and unidirectional SPPs in terms of transport efficiency, and it is shown that the latter can yield an efficiency larger by one order of magnitude. In addition, several practical aspects stemming from PTIs are highlighted, including the robustness of energy transport in the presence of defects on the SPP path. In the last chapter, a quantum system embedded in an out-of-thermal-equilibrium electromagnetic field is investigated. It is composed of a three-level atom playing the role of an absorption quantum thermal machine, as well as N two-level atoms ('qubits'), with N=1,...,6, which are the target bodies. It is demonstrated that the machine is able to perform significant thermal tasks on the qubits, even when their number is increased. Moreover, it is pointed out that due to qubit-qubit interactions, the tasks delivered by the machine are distributed throughout the system of interacting qubits, such that in some cases the temperature of the qubits which are completely decoupled from the machine can still be considerably affected by it. This task-distribution mechanism is investigated by means of the correlations between different subparts of the system. In addition, the tuning of thermal tasks is discussed.

Wir untersuchen die Dynamik von offenen Quantensystemen sowohl im Gleichgewicht als auch im Nichtgleichgewicht. Unser Fokus liegt dabei auf der quantenoptischen Dispersionswechselwirkung zwischen einem mikroskopischen Teilchen und einer komplexen elektromagnetischen Umgebung. Wir sind der Meinung, dass Langzeitkorrelationen in dem System essenziell zum Verständnis der Dynamik des Teilchens beitragen können. Unter Langzeitkorrelationen verstehen wir die Beiträge zur Autokorrelationsfunktion von Quantenoperatoren, die als ein inverses Potenzgesetz in der Verzögerungszeit skalieren. Das Einbeziehen von Langzeitkorrelationen in unser theoretisches Modell sichert die Selbstkonsistenz unserer Beschreibung und ermöglicht es uns, die Rückkopplung der Umgebung auf das Teilchen vollständig zu berücksichtigen. Darüber hinaus erlaubt es uns die Vorhersage von bisher übersehenen Effekten und Mechanismen, die das Verhalten von Dispersionskräften im Gleichgewicht und Nichtgleichgewicht bestimmen. Unsere Beispiele reichen von der Wechselwirkungsentropie des magnetischen Casimir-Polder-Effekts, über den Einfluss von Materialeigenschaften und geometrischen Überlegungen auf experimentelle Aufbauten, bis hin zur Thermodynamik von Quantenreibung. Wir geben den Leser_innen außerdem eine Orientierungshilfe, wann und wie Langzeitkorrelationen in theoretische Modellbildungen einbezogen werden müssten und welche Auswirkungen im Zusammenhang mit quantenoptischen Dispersionskräften zu erwarten sind. / We explore the dynamics of open quantum systems in both equilibrium and nonequilibrium situations. Our focus lies on the quantum-optical dispersion interaction between a microscopic particle and a complex electromagnetic environment. We argue that long-time correlations in the system can be essential for understanding the dynamics of the particle. We define long-time correlations as those contributions to the autocorrelation function of quantum operators which scale as an inverse power law in the time delay. Incorporating long-time correlations into our theoretical model safeguards the self-consistency of our description and allows us to consider the full back-action of the environment on the particle. Moreover, it leads us to the prediction of previously overlooked effects and mechanisms determining dispersion forces in equilibrium and nonequilibrium. Our examples range from the interaction entropy of the magnetic Casimir-Polder effect, over the impact of material properties and geometric considerations for experimental setups, all the way down to the thermodynamics of quantum friction. We further provide the reader with a guideline when and how to include long-time correlations into theoretical models and what effects can be expected to emerge in the context of quantum-optical dispersion forces.

Thermodynamic processes in finite time are in general irreversible. But there are chances to avoid irreversibility. For instance, there are canonical ensembles of special quantum systems with a given probability distribution describing the likelihood to find the system at time t=0 in a particular state with energy E_i(0), which can be controlled in a specific way, such that the initial probability distribution is recovered at the end of the process (t=T), but the state energies did change, hence E_i(0) is not equal to E_i(T). This allows to change thermodynamic quantities (expectation values) adiabatically, reversibly and in finite time. Such special processes are called Shortcuts to Adiabaticity. The presented thesis analyzes the origin of these shortcuts utilizing special Hamiltonian systems with dynamical algebra. Their main feature is to provide canonical invariance, which means a canonical ensemble stays canonical under Hamiltonian dynamics. This invariance carried by the dynamical algebra will be discussed using Lie group theory. In addition, the persistence of the dynamical algebra with respect to calculating expectation values will be deduced. This allows to benefit from all intrinsic symmetries within the discussion of ensemble trajectories. In consequence, these trajectories will evolve under Hamiltonian dynamics on a specific manifold given by the so-called Casimir companion. In addition, the deformation of this manifold due to non-Hamiltonian (dissipative) dynamics will be discussed, which allows to present a framework for modeling irreversible processes based on Hamiltonian systems with dynamical algebra. An application of this framework based on the parametric harmonic oscillator will be presented by determining time-optimal controls for transitions between two equilibrium as well as between non-equilibrium and equilibrium states. The latter one will lead to time-optimal equilibration strategies for a statistical ensemble of parametric harmonic oscillators. / Thermodynamische Prozesse in endlicher Zeit sind im Allgemeinen irreversibel. Es gibt jedoch Möglichkeiten, diese Irreversibilität zu umgehen. Ein kanonisches Ensemble eines speziellen quantenmechanischen Systems kann zum Beispiel auf eine ganz spezielle Art und Weise gesteuert werden, sodass nach endlicher Zeit T wieder eine kanonische Besetzungverteilung hergestellt ist, sich aber dennoch die Energie des Systems geändert hat (E(0) ungleich E(T)). Solche Prozesse erlauben das Ändern thermodynamischer Größen (Ensemblemittelwerte) der erwähnten speziellen Systeme in endlicher Zeit und auf eine adiabatische und reversible Art. Man nennt diese Art von speziellen Prozessen Shortcuts to Adiabaticity und die speziellen Systeme hamiltonsche Systeme mit dynamischer Algebra. Die vorliegende Dissertation hat zum Ziel den Ursprung dieser Shortcuts to Adiabaticity zu analysieren und eine Methodik zu entwickeln, die es erlaubt irreversible thermodynamische Prozesse adequat mittels dieser speziellen Systeme zu modellieren. Dazu wird deren besondere Eigenschaft ausgenutzt, die kanonische Invarianz, d.h. ein kanonisches Ensemble bleibt kanonisch bezüglich hamiltonscher Dynamik. Der Ursprung dieser Invarianz liegt in der dynamischen Algebra, die mit Hilfe der Theorie der Lie-Gruppen näher betrachtet wird. Dies erlaubt, eine weitere besondere Eigenschaft abzuleiten: Die Ensemblemittelwerte unterliegen ebenfalls den Symmetrien, die die dynamische Algebra widerspiegelt. Bei näherer Betrachtung befinden sich alle Trajektorien der Ensemblemittelwerte auf einer Mannigfaltigkeit, die durch den sogenannten Casimir Companion beschrieben wird. Darüber hinaus wird nicht-hamiltonsche/dissipative Dynamik betrachtet, welche zu einer Deformation der Mannigfaltigkeit führt. Abschließend wird eine Zusammenfassung der grundlegenden Methodik zur Modellierung irreversibler Prozesse mittels hamiltonscher Systeme mit dynamischer Algebra gegeben. Zum besseren Verständnis wird ein ausführliches Anwendungsbeispiel dieser Methodik präsentiert, in dem die zeitoptimale Steuerung eines Ensembles des harmonischen Oszillators zwischen zwei Gleichgewichtszuständen sowie zwischen Gleichgewichts- und Nichtgleichgewichtszuständen abgeleitet wird.

<p dir="ltr">In holographic quantum field theories, a bulk geometric semiclassical spacetime emerges from strongly coupled interacting conformal field theories in one less spatial dimension. This is the celebrated AdS/CFT correspondence. The entanglement entropy of a boundary spatial subregion can be calculated as the area of a codimension two bulk surface homologous to the boundary subregion known as the RT surface. The bulk region contained within the RT surface is known as the entanglement wedge and bulk reconstruction tells us that any operator in the entanglement wedge can be reconstructed as a non-local operator on the corresponding boundary subregion. This notion that entanglement creates geometry is dubbed "ER=EPR'' and has been the driving force behind recent progress in quantum gravity research. In this thesis, we put together two results that use Tomita-Takesaki modular theory and quantum ergodic theory to make progress on contemporary problems in quantum gravity.</p><p dir="ltr">A version of the black hole information loss paradox is the inconsistency between the decay of two-point functions of probe operators in large AdS black holes and the dual boundary CFT calculation where it is an almost periodic function of time. We show that any von Neumann algebra in a faithful normal state that is quantum strong mixing (two-point functions decay) with respect to its modular flow is a type III₁ factor and the state has a trivial centralizer. In particular, for Generalized Free Fields (GFF) in a thermofield double (KMS) state, we show that if the two-point functions are strong mixing, then the entire algebra is strong mixing and a type III₁ factor settling a recent conjecture of Liu and Leutheusser.</p><p dir="ltr">The semiclassical bulk geometry that emerges in the holographic description is a pseudo-Riemannian manifold and we expect a local approximate Poincaré algebra. Near a bifurcate Killing horizon, such a local two-dimensional Poincaré algebra is generated by the Killing flow and the outward null translations along the horizon. We show the emergence of such a Poincaré algebra in any quantum system with modular future and past subalgebras in a limit analogous to the near-horizon limit. These are known as quantum K-systems and they saturate the modular chaos bound. We also prove that the existence of (modular) future/past von Neumann subalgebras also implies a second law of (modular) thermodynamics.</p>

Thermodynamic processes in finite time are in general irreversible. But there are chances to avoid irreversibility. For instance, there are canonical ensembles of special quantum systems with a given probability distribution describing the likelihood to find the system at time t=0 in a particular state with energy E_i(0), which can be controlled in a specific way, such that the initial probability distribution is recovered at the end of the process (t=T), but the state energies did change, hence E_i(0) is not equal to E_i(T). This allows to change thermodynamic quantities (expectation values) adiabatically, reversibly and in finite time. Such special processes are called Shortcuts to Adiabaticity. The presented thesis analyzes the origin of these shortcuts utilizing special Hamiltonian systems with dynamical algebra. Their main feature is to provide canonical invariance, which means a canonical ensemble stays canonical under Hamiltonian dynamics. This invariance carried by the dynamical algebra will be discussed using Lie group theory. In addition, the persistence of the dynamical algebra with respect to calculating expectation values will be deduced. This allows to benefit from all intrinsic symmetries within the discussion of ensemble trajectories. In consequence, these trajectories will evolve under Hamiltonian dynamics on a specific manifold given by the so-called Casimir companion. In addition, the deformation of this manifold due to non-Hamiltonian (dissipative) dynamics will be discussed, which allows to present a framework for modeling irreversible processes based on Hamiltonian systems with dynamical algebra. An application of this framework based on the parametric harmonic oscillator will be presented by determining time-optimal controls for transitions between two equilibrium as well as between non-equilibrium and equilibrium states. The latter one will lead to time-optimal equilibration strategies for a statistical ensemble of parametric harmonic oscillators. / Thermodynamische Prozesse in endlicher Zeit sind im Allgemeinen irreversibel. Es gibt jedoch Möglichkeiten, diese Irreversibilität zu umgehen. Ein kanonisches Ensemble eines speziellen quantenmechanischen Systems kann zum Beispiel auf eine ganz spezielle Art und Weise gesteuert werden, sodass nach endlicher Zeit T wieder eine kanonische Besetzungverteilung hergestellt ist, sich aber dennoch die Energie des Systems geändert hat (E(0) ungleich E(T)). Solche Prozesse erlauben das Ändern thermodynamischer Größen (Ensemblemittelwerte) der erwähnten speziellen Systeme in endlicher Zeit und auf eine adiabatische und reversible Art. Man nennt diese Art von speziellen Prozessen Shortcuts to Adiabaticity und die speziellen Systeme hamiltonsche Systeme mit dynamischer Algebra. Die vorliegende Dissertation hat zum Ziel den Ursprung dieser Shortcuts to Adiabaticity zu analysieren und eine Methodik zu entwickeln, die es erlaubt irreversible thermodynamische Prozesse adequat mittels dieser speziellen Systeme zu modellieren. Dazu wird deren besondere Eigenschaft ausgenutzt, die kanonische Invarianz, d.h. ein kanonisches Ensemble bleibt kanonisch bezüglich hamiltonscher Dynamik. Der Ursprung dieser Invarianz liegt in der dynamischen Algebra, die mit Hilfe der Theorie der Lie-Gruppen näher betrachtet wird. Dies erlaubt, eine weitere besondere Eigenschaft abzuleiten: Die Ensemblemittelwerte unterliegen ebenfalls den Symmetrien, die die dynamische Algebra widerspiegelt. Bei näherer Betrachtung befinden sich alle Trajektorien der Ensemblemittelwerte auf einer Mannigfaltigkeit, die durch den sogenannten Casimir Companion beschrieben wird. Darüber hinaus wird nicht-hamiltonsche/dissipative Dynamik betrachtet, welche zu einer Deformation der Mannigfaltigkeit führt. Abschließend wird eine Zusammenfassung der grundlegenden Methodik zur Modellierung irreversibler Prozesse mittels hamiltonscher Systeme mit dynamischer Algebra gegeben. Zum besseren Verständnis wird ein ausführliches Anwendungsbeispiel dieser Methodik präsentiert, in dem die zeitoptimale Steuerung eines Ensembles des harmonischen Oszillators zwischen zwei Gleichgewichtszuständen sowie zwischen Gleichgewichts- und Nichtgleichgewichtszuständen abgeleitet wird.