Conferences, Seminars, Press
Organization of Conferences, Sessions
Powerpoint presentations
Brownian Entanglement -- Entanglement in classical brownian motion (Paris, Jan 2010)
What constitutes the dark matter? (Sterrenwacht Vesta, Oostzaan, Netherlands, 17-10-2009)
Waaruit bestaat donkere materie? (Sterrenwacht Vesta, Oostzaan, 17-10-2009)
Do nonrelativistic neutrinos constitute the dark matter (CSNSM, Orsay, May 2009)
Theoretical Physics of Quantum Measurements (Young Academy, Berlin, April 2008)
Quantum Thermodynamics and its application to the Gibbs paradox (Frankfurt a/M, January 2007)
Quantum thermodynamics view on the Gibbs paradox and work fluctuations (Oldenburg, October 2006)
Black hole information paradox: Analysis in a condensed matter analog (Saclay, December 2004)
Quantum Thermodynamics: Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale (version Prague, July 2004)
Large Scale Motion of Brownian Motors (Taipei, June 2004)
Solvable Model for the Quantum Measurement Process (Vaxjo, Sweden, and Taipei, Taiwan, June 2004)
Historical introduction to quantum thermodynamics, (Amsterdam, May, 2003)
Overhead presentations, in pdf
Quantum thermodynamical approach to work-extraction (Capo Boi, September, 2003)
Curie-Weiss model of the quantum measurement process, (Utrecht, February, 2003)
Quantum Brownian motion and its conflict with the second law (San Diego, July, 2002)
Bath generated work extraction in two-level systems (poster, San Diego, July, 2002)
Curie-Weiss model of the quantum measurement process, (Amsterdam/Rome, February, 2002)
Quantum measurement as driven phase transition: An exactly solvable model, (Golm, 2001)
Extracting
work from a single thermal bath in the quantum regime, (Conference ``Mechanisms
of Decoherence'', Utrecht, June 13, 2000)
Thermodynamics of black holes, (Conference ``Mechanisms of Decoherence'',
Utrecht, June 13, 2000)
Press
A number of accounts have been devoted to our research in the popular and scientific press
Sul moto perpetuo: ``Moto perpetuo'', Focus N. 100, Febbraio 2001, (Milano), pagina 36
Uber das Heiratsproblem und das Schicksal der Junggesellen, Die Zeit, December 20, 2000
About the marriage problem and the fate of bachelors: ``What's love got to do with it?'', New Scientist, 28 October 2000, p. 39
April 2006. Nieuws uit FOM onderzoek:
De Gibbs-paradox verklaard
Press release by the Max Planck Society on 3 May, 2005: Motor Transport in Bio-Nano Systems
FOM Nieuws uit onderzoek 23-12-2004:
Onverwachte grip op spins
About perpetuum mobile: ``Breaking the law: Can quantum mechanics + thermodynamics = perpetual motion ?'', Science News, October 7, pp 158, 2000
Over perpetuum mobile van de tweede soort: ``Mazen in Gods grondwet: Een duivelse machine'', De Volkskrant, 22 juli 2000
About an improved setup for the classical heat engine:
Nature July 12, 2000;
The American Institute of Physics July 17, 2000
About perpetuum mobile of the second kind:
The American Institute of Physics July 17, 2000
About my experiences in Armenia: ``Armenia was a black hole for me'', Interview by newspaper in Yerevan, Summer 1998