• Interaction of a quantum field with a rotating heat bath 

      Alicki, Robert; Jenkins Villalobos, Alejandro (2018-08-01)
      The linear coupling of a rotating heat bath to a quantum field is studied in the framework of the Markovian master equation for the field's non-unitary time evolution. The bath's rotation induces population inversion for ...
    • Irreversibility of mechanical and hydrodynamic instabilities 

      Díaz Marín, Carlos D.; Jenkins Villalobos, Alejandro (2017-12-01)
      The literature on dynamical systems has, for the most part, considered self-oscillators (i.e., systems capable of generating and maintaining a periodic motion at the expense of an external energy source with no corresponding ...
    • Quantum Theory of Triboelectricity 

      Alicki, Robert; Jenkins Villalobos, Alejandro (2020-10-30)
      We propose a microphysical theory of the triboelectric effect by which mechanical rubbing separates charges across the interface between two materials. Surface electrons are treated as an open system coupled to two baths, ...